The speaker's attempt to ______ the tense atmosphere with humor was poorly judged, as it seemed to ______ the seriousness of the issue, thereby ______ the audience and making any resolution more ______.

Question

Option 1: escalate; emphasize; engaging; likely

Option 2: manage; resolve; convincing; effective

Option 3: diffuse; trivialize; alienating; difficult

Option 4: address; acknowledge; involving; possible

AfterBoards · Accepted Answer

Humor was meant to ease (diffuse) tension but backfired: it trivialized the issue, thereby alienating the audience and making resolution more difficult. The negative outcome words in option C fit 'poorly judged'. Other options imply success, which contradicts the sentence.

BMSAT Kozhikode (VA) PYQs

Keyboard Shortcuts