IPMAT Indore 2025 · Verbal Ability · Question 19

Blank by blank.

Blank 1 — curcumin is a component of turmeric. Ingredient works. (Enzyme is a specific protein type — curcumin is not one; alkali is a chemical class that does not apply; alchemy is a medieval practice, not a substance at all.)

Blank 2 — the well-known property of curcumin is reducing inflammation. ✓

Blank 3 — high doses induce headache and nausea. Induce = bring about, and is the standard medical collocation for causing a symptom.

Why the others fail:

Option 1 — “infuse headache” is not English.

Option 2 — “alkali” is simply wrong chemistry, and promote headache is odd phrasing.

Option 3 — cause would be acceptable in blank 3, but alchemy in blank 1 is decisive: curcumin cannot be an alchemy. A single impossible word rules out the whole option.

This is the key cloze technique: one clearly impossible word eliminates an option no matter how well its other blanks fit.

Answer: Option 4 — ingredient; inflammation; induce