CDS 2026 · PYQ · Vocabulary / Similar Sounding Words · hard
tire, tier, tyre — 1. The headmaster appealed to the students not to tier the new school master unnecessarily. 2. Our guest could not visit us yesterday as his car's tyre got damaged. 3. My uncle lives on the third tire of the building. In which of the sentences given above has/have the word(s) been used correctly?
A.3 only
B.2 and 3 only
C.2 only✓ Correct
D.1, 2 and 3
Explanation
'Tire' means to make weary - sentence 1 incorrectly uses 'tier' when it should be 'tire'. 'Tyre' is the rubber covering on a wheel - correctly used in sentence 2. 'Tier' means a level or row - sentence 3 incorrectly uses 'tire' when it should be 'tier' (third tier/level of the building). Therefore, only sentence 2 uses the word correctly.
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