Directions for question 13: In the following question, the word at the top is used in four different ways, A to D. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.LABOURAccording to economics, labour is one of the factors of production.His long and arduous labour was not in vain.The doctors tried to help Renu in her difficult labour.Rex was labouring with a misapprehension that he was the strongest dog in the locality.
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Directions for question 13: In the following question, the word at the top is used in four different ways, A to D. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.LABOURAccording to economics, labour is one of the factors of production.His long and arduous labour was not in vain.The doctors tried to help Renu in her difficult labour.Rex was labouring with a misapprehension that he was the strongest dog in the locality.
Solution
The usage of the word "labour" is incorrect in option D. In this context, "labouring" is used to mean "operating under the strain of," but it is typically used with a physical or mental burden, not a misapprehension. A more appropriate word could be "operating" or "living". So, the correct answer is option D.
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Read the passage carefully and answer the following question.Labouring is simply what we do to survive. We labour to eat. To keep our bodieshealthy. To keep roof over our heads, and to keep life reproducing. All animalslabour, with or without coaxing…. There’s nothing special about labour, save for thefact that without it we would die.Work, on the other hand, gives collective meaning to what we do. When we work toproduce something we both put something into and leave something lasting in theworld: a table, a house, a book, a car, a rug, a high precision piece of engineeringwith which we can order the days into time, or keep a body breathing.Which of the following statements can be BEST concluded from the passage?
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