Fill in the blanks in List-I with appropriate homonyms from List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Homonyms) |
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(A) The pianist struck a discordant ____ that caught everyone's attention. |
(I) site |
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(B) Archaeologists discovered ancient artifacts at the excavation ____. |
(II) chord |
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(C) The charging ____ of my laptop is too short to reach my study table. |
(III) cite |
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(D) The lecturer asked the students to ____ their sources in their respective research submissions. |
(IV) cord |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
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| (A) The pianist struck a discordant chord that caught everyone's attention. | (II) chord | A chord is a group of musical notes played together. A pianist strikes a chord. |
| (B) Archaeologists discovered ancient artifacts at the excavation site. | (I) site | A site is a place where something is or happens, such as a place being dug. |
| (C) The charging cord of my laptop is too short to reach my study table. | (IV) cord | A cord is a length of thick string or electric wire. |
| (D) The lecturer asked the students to cite their sources in their respective research submissions. | (III) cite | To cite is to mention a book or writer as the source of information. |