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A statute prohibits 'cars, buses, trucks, and other vehicles' from entering a park. Applying the rule of ejusdem generis, which of the following is most likely to be covered by 'other vehicles'?
A motorcycle is covered. Under ejusdem generis, general words following a list of specific words take meaning from the same class. Cars, buses and trucks are motor road vehicles, so 'other vehicles' includes a motorcycle but not aeroplanes or pedestrians.
- AA motorcycleCorrect
- BAn aeroplane landing on a field
- CA pedestrian carrying a bag
- DA bicycle pushed by hand
Explanation
Ejusdem generis means general words following specific words are limited to things of the same kind. Cars, buses and trucks are motor-driven road vehicles, so a motorcycle falls in the same class. An aeroplane is of a different kind, and a pedestrian is not a vehicle. A hand-pushed bicycle is not a motor vehicle of the listed class.
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