Question
In the question given below, a word has been given and
there are three ways in which the word has been used, in similar or different forms. You need to see which of the following sentence(s) has/have incorrectly used the given word and mark your answer accordingly. Tapering I. The tapering steel columns that support the glass curtain wall are perforated with hexagons. II. During a recent flight, Wolf nudged the control stick and his two-seat sailplane banked left, its long tapering wings cutting through the warm air. III. We could see the tapering shape of the Qutab Minar, the victory tower erected by the first Muslim sultan.Solution
(e) 'Tapering' is an adjective which means 'becoming gradually narrower at one end'. All three sentences correctly use it (I talks about steel columns, II about wings and III about the narrowing shape of Qutab Minar). Hence (e) is correct.
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