IPMAT Indore 2020 (VA) - One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option which has the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word. | PYQs + Solutions

IPMAT Indore 2020

Incorrect Word

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

The young scientist built a small, low-cost machine to recycle waste water. It was a simple but ingenious solution to the problem of water shortage in the city.

My friend is an ingenious cook - she can make very delicious dishes from the most ordinary ingredients.

The young man lost all his savings because he was rather ingenious to believe the agent's promises of a well-paid job and a comfortable life in a foreign country.

Teachers say that some children are very ingenious when it comes to finding excuses for not completing their work.

✅ Correct Option: 3

The word "ingenious" while describing the young man (in option 3) means clever, inventive, or original.

However, the sentence intends to convey that the young man was naive or gullible, which is ingenuous.

IPMAT Indore 2020 (VA) PYQs

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

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