CDS 2026 · PYQ · Vocabulary / Similar Sounding Words · hard
bear, bare, bier — 1. She could not bare the extreme heat of Delhi in the month of May. 2. The walls of the store looked bear after the oil paintings had been sold. 3. The body was placed on a bier before the funeral service. In which of the sentences given above has/have the word(s) been used correctly?
A.2 only
B.2 and 3
C.1 and 3
D.3 only✓ Correct
Explanation
'Bear' (verb) means to tolerate - sentence 1 incorrectly uses 'bare' when it should be 'bear' (tolerate the heat). 'Bare' means empty/uncovered - sentence 2 incorrectly uses 'bear' when it should be 'bare' (empty walls). 'Bier' is a stand for a coffin/corpse - correctly used in sentence 3. Therefore, only sentence 3 uses the word correctly.
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