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Directions : In each of the following questions a sentence is given with a word given in BOLD. Corresponding to each question three sentences are given with the use of the same word. From the options choose the sentences which give a DIFFERENT MEANING for the word used in the sentence above. The meaning used in the sentence(s) should be different from the one used in the main sentence. The wound sustained by the sold

Options

  1. AOnly I and II
  2. BOnly II and III
  3. COnly I and III
  4. DAll I, II and III

Correct answer

C. Only I and III

Step-by-step solution

“Wound” in the given sentence means ‘injury’. ‘Wound up’ in sentence I means ‘worried / nervous’. ‘Wound’ in sentence II means ‘injury’. ‘Wound up’, in sentence III, is the past form of ‘wind up’ which means ‘arrive or end up in a specified state, situation, or place’. Obviously, sentence I and sentence III give a DIFFERENT MEANING for the word used in the sentence above. Hence, option C is the correct answer

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