Broke and brook
- (a)Broke means abundance and brook means a flowing water body
- (b)Broke means bankrupt and brook means a stream
- (c)Broke means fractured and brook means nonsense
- (d)Broke means negotiate and brook means a stream
Answer
B
Why
Correct — B, broke means bankrupt and brook means a stream. As an adjective, 'broke' means having no money — bankrupt; 'brook' (noun) means a small stream. Option (b) is right on both.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Broke means abundance and brook means a flowing water body — 'broke means abundance' is the opposite of its 'no money' sense, even though 'brook means a flowing water body' is roughly right.
- (c)Broke means fractured and brook means nonsense — 'brook means nonsense' is wrong (a brook is a stream), and 'fractured' is the past-tense verb sense, not the tested adjective 'bankrupt'.
- (d)Broke means negotiate and brook means a stream — 'broke means negotiate' is wrong; only 'brook means a stream' is correct here.
Concept
As tested here 'broke' is an adjective meaning bankrupt, and 'brook' is a noun meaning a small stream — a near-homophone pair.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct pair.
- (a)Bare means naked; bear means an animal or to endure
- (b)Bare means an animal; bear means naked
- (c)Bare means to endure; bear means empty
- (d)Bare means a stream; bear means bankrupt
Answer(a) bare means naked or uncovered; bear means an animal, or to endure.
- practice — not a real PYQ
'After the loss, the firm was completely ____.' Choose the word meaning bankrupt.
- (a)brook
- (b)broke
- (c)broker
- (d)broken
Answer(b) broke — the adjective meaning having no money.