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English Language (SBI-CL) Word Usage

Direction: In the following question, a word is given along with its usage in sentences given in the options. Choose the option in which the use of the given word is contextually and grammatically correct.

Bother

I. They went to a lot of trouble for their dinner party, but half the guests didn't bother to turn up.

II. He bothered the man with a broken bottle and left the man seriously injured.

III. The noise was beginning to bother us, so we left.

Only I

Only II

Only III

Both I & III

None of the above

Explanation:

Bother’ means

I. The word has been correctly used here.

II. The word does not fit in the first sentence as the sentence mentions, ‘left the man seriously injured’ which implies he wasn’t simply annoyed with the broken bottle. Hence, " bothered " is incorrect in the given context and should be replaced by ‘attacked’.

III. The word has been correctly used here.

Hence, the correct answer is option D.