Question

Find the meaning of underlined word
Only one of the world’s ten highest peaks lies outside the Himalayas.
(A) Rises up
(B) is located
(C) Originates
(D) is discernible
(E) Occur

Answer 1

Hint: After reading the following sentence we can easily understand that the word ‘lies’ is pointing to the location here. There is a similar word ‘lie’ but it is completely different from the word ‘lies’.

Complete step by step answer:
‘Lies’ stands for the manner, direction, or location in which something lies. As the meaning suggests that it is giving information about the location of something so the Option (B) is correct. Another word ‘Lie’ which looks very similar to the word lies, but it has a completely different meaning.
Lie stands for noun. A false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture: His flashy car was a lie that deceived no one.
Raised up means come to the surface which is not correct whereas Originates, is discernible and occurs also not giving correct sense in context of the given sentence.
‘Discernible’ stands for able to be discerned; perceptible.
Originates is used for something which has a specified beginning.
Occur means something to take place. For example – “The accident occurred late last night.”

So, the correct answer is “Option B”.

Note:
You have to read the sentence carefully and try to understand the meaning of the word or clause which the question is referring to. To answer this type of question, it is necessary that you have knowledge of vocabulary. In vocabulary based questions, we have to check the meaning of all the words given in the options, only then we can answer such questions correctly.