Fill in the blanks in List-I with the correct homonyms from List-II.
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Words) |
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(A) Honesty is a core ____. |
(I) stationary |
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(B) The ____ of the school addressed the students during the assembly. |
(II) stationery |
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(C) The car remained _____ in the parking lot. |
(III) principal |
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(D) I bought new _____ like pens and notebooks for the new term. |
(IV) principle |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
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| (A) Honesty is a core principle. | (IV) principle | A principle is a basic rule or belief that guides how a person behaves. Honesty is one. |
| (B) The principal of the school addressed the students during the assembly. | (III) principal | A principal is the head of a school or college. As an adjective it means "main". |
| (C) The car remained stationary in the parking lot. | (I) stationary | Stationary (with -ary) means not moving, standing still. A parked car does not move. |
| (D) I bought new stationery like pens and notebooks for the new term. | (II) stationery | Stationery (with -ery) means writing materials such as paper, pens and envelopes. |