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. This is the best stationary shop in our locality.
II. I saw a stationery van there.

• 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.

STATIONARY means immobile and STATIONERY means a shop selling writing material.

STATIONERY goes with sentence 1 i.e. THIS IS THE BEST STATIONERY SHOP ON OUR LOCALITY.

And in sentence 2, STATIONARY will be the correct word because a van is either mobile or immobile, it cannot be a shop.

Thus both the sentences are incorrect, but both can be corrected by interchanging the italicized words.