Question

    Parley (i) When Abraham won the war, there ensued

    a brief parley between himself and the king of Sodom. (ii) Raven had little desire to parley with their enemies, but she had been given an order. (iii) According to one story, they took unfair advantage by attacking when a parley was in progress. In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentences in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.
    A Only i Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B both ii and iii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both i and ii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D i, ii and iii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    In all the sentences, the word is correctly used. In i and iii, the noun form is used. In ii, the verb form is used.

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