New RBI Grade B 2025 Notification will come Soon! Enroll Here

    Question

    Directions: In each of the following questions, a word

    has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentences in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE. Pupil (i) My little pupil continues to manifest the same eagerness to learn as at first. (ii) The pupil is at first contracted, and afterwards dilated. (iii) However this may be, he came under the influence of Socrates, and became a devoted pupil.
    A Only i Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only iii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both i and ii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D i, ii and iii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    In i and iii, ‘pupil’ means ‘a person who is being taught, esp. a child at school’. In ii, it means ‘the circular, black area in the centre of the eye that gets larger and smaller and lets in light’.

    Practice Next

    Relevant for Exams: