Multiple choice

Directions: For the word given above the table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (1, 2, 3, 4) with their corresponding usage on the right (a, b, c, d). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usage correctly matched.

IMPERIAL ||| |---|---| | Meaning| Usage| | 1. relating to an empire or its rulers, colonial| a. The queen gave an imperial wave of her hand.| | 2. majestic, regal or grand | b. France had imperial designs on Africa.| | 3. domineering or overbearing| c. An imperial pint of beer, an imperial gallon of petrol.| | 4. an old-fashioned, nonmetric system of
weights, measures, etc.| d. She adopts an imperious tone with waiters.|

  1. 1. b
    2. c
    3. d
    4. a
  2. 1. b
    2. a
    3. c
    4. d
  3. 1. c
    2. b
    3. d
    4. a
  4. 1. b
    2. a
    3. d
    4. c
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D Correct answer
Explanation

(1) 'relating to empire' clearly matches with 'b'. 'majestic, regal' relate to royal, so, it matches 'a'. (4) 'weights, measures' matches with 'c' i.e.  'gallon of petrol. So, the obvious answer is (4).

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