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Vocabulary

past year questions, CUET English 2025 16 May Shift 1

Word Usage

past year questions, Vocabulary, CUET English 2025 16 May Shift 1

Easy

Fill in the blank with the correct option:

Radha is very good at _________ difficult situations.

Solution

✅ Drop

Option 1: placating -> You placate a person (calm them down), not a situation.

Option 2: appeasing -> You appease a person (satisfy their demands), not a situation.

Option 3: diffusing -> Means spreading/scattering; the intended word is likely "defusing" (reducing tension), making this option incorrect.

Option 4: concluding -> Simply means ending, doesn't convey skillfully managing difficult situations.

Hence, NTA dropped this question -> This question contains a common error: "diffusing" vs "defusing." None of the options correctly complete the sentence. The intended phrase is "defusing difficult situations" (reducing tension), but Option 3 says "diffusing" (spreading out), which is grammatically possible but semantically incorrect for this context.

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