IPMAT Indore 2022 · Verbal Ability · Question 27

The word pair being tested: draw vs drawer.

draw — a verb (to pull, to sketch, to extract) or a noun meaning a tie in a game, or a lottery selection.

drawer — a sliding compartment in a piece of furniture.

Checking each option:

(a) “heading for a draw” ✔ — a tied result.

(b) “win the draw in the lottery” ✔ — a random selection.

(d) “draw water from the well” ✔ — the verb, to pull up.

(c) “kept all his important documents in the draw of his cupboard” ✘ — a compartment in a cupboard is a drawer. “In the draw” is not English in this sense.

Answer: Option 3

Shortcut. The preposition gives it away: “in the ___ of his cupboard” needs a container, and draw names an event or an action, never a thing you put papers inside.

The two words are pronounced almost identically in many Indian and British accents, which is exactly why the question works — it is testing spelling rather than meaning.

Note how wide the net is cast: a tie, a lottery, and the verb to pull. Three different senses of one word, plus one homophone — the standard IPMAT construction for this question type, seen also in Q82 (cross) and Q80 (spot).