Homophones and Homonyms SSC GD Questions

SSC GD-General English

Homophones and Homonyms MCQ Questions


1.
Select the most appropriate homophone to fill in the blank:
In many road accidents people break their bones mainly because their vehicle _________ fails.
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A.
brake
B.
broke
C.
brow
D.
bleak
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ANSWER :
A. brake
2.
Select the correct word for the blanks:
Sivakashi is famous for its _________ box industry, and I am unable to find a _________ for my purple dress.
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A.
sweat
B.
match
C.
chatter
D.
bread
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ANSWER :
B. match
3.
Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank:
He confessed about his affairs as the _________ made him sleepless.
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A.
guilt
B.
gilled
C.
gild
D.
guild
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ANSWER :
A. guilt
4.
Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank:
What _________ of a movie is this?
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A.
kind
B.
can
C.
keen
D.
con
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ANSWER :
A. kind
5.
Complete the sentence using correct pair of words from the given.
'My brother _______ _______ apples during his fast.'
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A.
ate; eight
B.
eight; eight
C.
ate; ate
D.
eight; ate
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ANSWER :
A. ate; eight
6.
Select the correct pair of words for the blanks in the given sentence.
Jharkhand is a major ________ producing state in India whereas the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir is a ________ place.
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A.
cold; coal
B.
coal; coal
C.
cold; cold
D.
coal; cold
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ANSWER :
D. coal; cold