Which one of the following words has been spelt correctly?

The correct answer is D. The correct spelling is Temperature, which comes from the Latin temperatura, meaning a proper mixing or tempering. Break it into syllables as tem-per-a-ture and the spelling becomes easier to hold in memory.

• A) Temprature: This drops the second 'e' in the middle syllable. Aspirants often lose it while writing fast, but the word needs the full 'per'.
• B) Tamperature: The first vowel is wrong. 'Tamper' means to interfere with something, and it is a different word entirely.
• C) Tempareter: The ending is wrong. The correct ending is -ure, not -eter, as in the word 'meter'.

The core concept here is spelling accuracy, which matters in Prelims language questions and also in Mains, where careless errors in essays and official drafting reduce clarity. Simple words with silent or weak syllables are the usual source of mistakes.

Trap: Candidates confuse 'temperature' with 'tamper' because the first syllables look alike, and they pick B by sound. Spelling should be checked by the syllable pattern, not by how the word sounds in speech.