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In the question below, two sentences are numbered I and II. In these sentences, two homonyms are given in italics type, which may be either misspelled or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Read both the sentences carefully and decide on their correctness on the basis of the italicized words.

I. You should not interfere in one's personal affairs.
II. The personel of ICS were proud of their positions during the British rule in India.

  1. only sentence I is correct
  2. only sentence II is correct
  3. I as well as II are incorrect, but both could be made correct by interchanging the italicized words
  4. both the sentences I and II are correct
  5. neither I nor II is correct, and the sentence could not be made correct by interchanging the italicized words

A
only sentence II is correct
B
both the sentences I and II are correct
C
I as well as II are incorrect, but both could be made correct by interchanging the italicized words
D
only sentence I is correct
E
neither I nor II is correct, and the sentence could not be made correct by interchanging the italicized words
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The correct answer is Option A.
PERSONAL means private. In sentence 1, it goes with the context of the sentence that you should not interfere in one's private matters.
PERSONEL is no word in English. The word is PERSONNEL which means members of a team.
Thus only sentence 1 is correct.

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