IPMAT Indore 2024 (VA) PYQs

Psychologists urge users to remember that social media rarely reflects the full complexity of real life. Influencers often ____________ a carefully curated online persona, which can ____________ unrealistic standards and occasionally ____________ negative self-comparisons amongst their followers.

When we think about listening, we tend to assume that it is basically the same as hearing; this is a _________ because it leads us to believe that effective listening is _________. As a result, we make little effort to learn, or develop listening skills and thereby __________ a vital communication function.

The culture of the 21st century – on an increasingly _______ scale – is oriented around the practical principles of utility, effectiveness, and impact. Things are good to the extent that they are instrumental, with instrumentality usually defined as the capacity to produce money or things. The worth of anything – an idea, an activity, an artwork, a _______ with another person – is determined _______.