Fill in the blanks using the suitable homophones from the options given below : Though Indian Farmers earn a good yield, they cannot save much as they have several ______(1)______s to support. They are ______(2)______ on the rains even now in the age of scientific agriculture. ______(3)______ Agriculturist, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan has given many suggestions to improve fertility of the soil still an outbreak of flood seems ______(4)______ in some areas which affects the yield. (a) Eminent (b) Imminent (c) Dependant (d) Dependent
(1)-(c), (2)-(d), (3)-(a), (4)-(b)
The two pairs are near-homophones with different meanings: ‘dependant’ (noun, British spelling) is a person who relies on another for support; ‘dependent’ (adjective) means relying on something. ‘Eminent’ means famous and respected; ‘imminent’ means about to happen.
Blank (1): ‘several ____s to support’ needs a plural noun for persons supported — ‘dependants’, so (1)-(c).
Blank (2): ‘They are ____ on the rains’ needs an adjective followed by ‘on’ — ‘dependent on the rains’, so (2)-(d).
Blank (3): ‘____ Agriculturist, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan’ needs a word of distinction — ‘Eminent Agriculturist’, so (3)-(a).
Blank (4): ‘an outbreak of flood seems ____’ needs a word for something about to happen — ‘imminent’, so (4)-(b).
The code (1)-(c), (2)-(d), (3)-(a), (4)-(b) is the only one that fits all four blanks; the others swap the noun with the adjective or the famous/about-to-happen pair.
(1)-(c), (2)-(d), (3)-(a), (4)-(b) option is correct.
Similar Questions
Fill in the blanks with suitable Homonyms :
Government has at last agreed to __________ excise duty on cloth.
Pick out the pair of words which sounds the same.
road, course
(a) roed, curse
(b) road, coarse
(c) rode, coarse
(d) rowed, coarse
Important Questions from Homophones
Fill in the blank with the appropriate homonym :
He left the meeting in a fit of __________ .
Fill in the blank with the appropriate homonym :
A __________ gives us his words of wisdom.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Our ______ is a man of ______.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I don't know ______ you would like my suggestion. But the ______ is bad and you shouldn't go out at this time of the night.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate homonym :
He edits a ____________ weekly journal.
