Which of the following sentences contains a pun?

The correct answer is Option (1) → Our colony’s new gym is working out very well for its owner, Mr Bhatia.

Pun:

• A pun is a play on a word that has two meanings (or two words that sound alike).
• “Working out” has two meanings here. People “work out” when they exercise in a gym. A plan “works out” when it is a success. Both meanings fit the gym owner.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 2: On the first day of the monsoon, the umbrella seller outside the station was the only man who got drenched. — Incorrect. This sentence uses irony, in which the opposite of what we expect happens. The man who sells umbrellas is the only one who gets wet.

Option 3: For the new students, Meera’s warm smile was a lamp in that dark first week. — Incorrect. This sentence uses a metaphor, which says that one thing is another without “like” or “as”. Meera’s smile is called “a lamp”.

Option 4: The grumpy old printer in the school office refuses to work on Mondays. — Incorrect. This sentence uses personification, which gives human qualities or actions to a thing. The printer is “grumpy” and “refuses to work” like a person.