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Question

Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word:

The parchment bore the symbol of a tau cross.

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SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper (25-Sep-2025) (Shift 3)
The correct answer is

The investor tracked the rising tau in currency markets.

A homonym is a word that shares the same spelling and pronunciation as another word but carries a completely different, unrelated meaning.

In the given sentence, 'tau' refers to the Greek letter shaped like a T, used to describe a cross symbol on the parchment.

The option 'The investor tracked the rising tau in currency markets' uses 'tau' in its distinct financial or statistical sense, an unrelated meaning that shares only the spelling and sound with the cross symbol sense.

The other options all use 'tau' to mean the same T-shaped cross or letter symbol as the original sentence, so they do not illustrate a different, homonymous meaning.

Hence, the answer is The investor tracked the rising tau in currency markets.

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