IIMB 2002 (VA) PYQs

As a ______ silence ensued post the announcement, I could almost hear the collective realization dawning, as the implications of a nation-wide Emergency slowly sank in.

Their incoming ambassador appeared to have directed her rhetorician to compose seemingly benign, yet, in truth ______ remarks carrying subtle implications that astute observers recognized as a shift in foreign policy.

The unspoken covenants of international diplomacy dictate that ______ often must supersede idealism so as to yield pragmatic but morally ambiguous decisions.