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

Medium

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.

Every morning, the aroma of freshly baked bread diffuses throughout the house, enticing everyone to the kitchen.

The stained glass diffused the light filtering through the windows.

Realising that the argument between the two groups of students was getting out of control, the teacher diffused the situation by quickly changing the topic.

He used a fan to diffuse the smoke that had accumulated in the kitchen while cooking.

Correct Option: 3

The incorrect usage is in option 3. 'Diffused' is used incorrectly; the correct term is 'defused,' which means to make a situation less tense or dangerous, not 'diffused' which relates to spreading over a wide area.

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.

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