IPMAT Indore 2024 (VA) - One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly or inappropriately. Choose the option which has the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word. | PYQs + Solutions

IPMAT Indore 2024

Incorrect Word

Hard

One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly or inappropriately. Choose the option which has the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.

She said, “I always stay awake late into the night till my daughters come home, as I worry a lot about their safety.”

Due to the ban on slaughter of cattle, the neglected ones often stay away, wandering into fields and eating the crops.

The ownership of the property went to the eldest son of the family, but the other siblings went to court and asked for a stay order.

During her summer holidays she usually went to the village to stay with her grandparents and her large extended family.

Correct Option: 2

The incorrect usage is in option 2. 'Stay away' suggests avoiding, but the context implies the cattle are 'straying away' or moving without direction, typically used to describe animals wandering off.

IPMAT Indore 2024 (VA) PYQs

One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly or inappropriately. Choose the option which has the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.

Keyboard Shortcuts