IPMAT Indore 2024 - VA Q81 Explanation

Explanation:

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Option (a): This sentence is correct. "Diffuse" is appropriately used to mean spreading the smoke more widely and evenly.

Option (b): This sentence is correct. "Diffuse" is correctly used to describe the spreading of the aroma throughout the house.

Option (c): This sentence is incorrect. The word "diffused" is incorrectly used here. The correct word should be "defused," which means to make a situation less tense or dangerous. The sentence should read, "Realising that the argument between the two groups of students was getting out of control, the teacher defused the situation by quickly changing the topic."

Option (d): This sentence is correct. "Diffuse" is correctly used to describe the spreading of light through the stained glass.