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GATE 2022 EE – Question 1

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

As you grow older, an injury to your ________ may take longer to ________.

  1. heel / heel
  2. heal / heel
  3. heal / heal
  4. heel / heal

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Correct answer: (D) heel / heal

Explanation

The body part is the "heel" and the verb meaning to recover is "heal", so the sentence reads "an injury to your heel may take longer to heal".