Question

In the question below are given two sentences numbered I and II. In these sentences, two homonyms are given in italics type, which may be either misspelled or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Read both the sentences carefully and decide on their correctness on the basis of the italicized words.
I. His manners are urban.
II. People of urbane area are civil in manners.

• A. only sentence I is correct
• B. only sentence II is correct
• C. both the sentences I and II are correct
• D. I as well as II are incorrect, but both could be made correct by interchanging the italicized words
• E. neither I nor II is correct, and the sentence could not be made correct by interchanging the italicized words

Answer 1

The correct option is D I as well as II are incorrect, but both could be made correct by interchanging the italicized words

The correct answer is Option D.

URBAN means relating to the city.

URBANE means courteous.

In sentence 1, URBANE will be the correct word because manners are courteous.

In sentence 2, URBAN will be the correct word because the sentence talks of the city.

Thus both the sentences can be correct by interchanging the words.