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GATE 2016 ME (ME2) – Question 3

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

Choose the statement(s) where the underlined word is used correctly: (i) A prone is a dried plum. (ii) He was lying prone on the floor. (iii) People who eat a lot of fat are prone to heart disease.

  1. (i) and (iii) only
  2. (iii) only
  3. (i) and (ii) only
  4. (ii) and (iii) only

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Correct answer: (D) (ii) and (iii) only

Explanation

Prone means lying face down in II and susceptible or likely to experience something in III. A dried plum is a prune, not a prone, so I is incorrect. Therefore **II and III only, D**. The distinction in I is vocabulary rather than a change of grammatical tense.