IPMAT Indore 2026 · Verbal Ability · Question 35
IPMAT Indore 2026 previous year question on Cloze Test, with the answer and a step-by-step solution.
Some of the words in the paragraph below are missing. Choose the best option to complete it.
The newly appointed professor found it hard to_________the students who were_________ and_________to the topics discussed during lectures.
- A
encourage; withdrawn; indifferent
- B
enthuse; difficult; undisciplined
- C
inspire; belligerent; uninstructed
- D
engage; deficient; diffident
Answer & solution
Answer: Option A
Blank 3 is the most constrained — start there. The word must be followed by the preposition to: “_________ to the topics discussed”.
indifferent to ✓ — the natural collocation
undisciplined to ✗, uninstructed to ✗, diffident to ✗ (one is diffident about)
That alone points to option (a).
Confirm the other two blanks.
Blank 1: encourage the students — fits a professor’s effort ✓
Blank 2: withdrawn — reserved, unresponsive. It pairs naturally with indifferent: the students neither participate nor care ✓
Together the sentence reads: the professor struggled to encourage students who were unresponsive and uninterested — coherent throughout.
Why the others fail. Besides the preposition problem, option (c)’s belligerent (aggressive) clashes with uninstructed, and option (d)’s deficient needs an object (“deficient in what?”).
Answer: Option 1
Shortcut. Let the preposition decide. “____ to the topics” admits only indifferent among the four, so blank 3 settles the question before you weigh the subtler choices at blanks 1 and 2.
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