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    Question

    Impasse (i) Negotiations have reached an impasse

    . (ii) Our impasse response to the attack was sheer horror. (iii) The proposal offered both sides a way out of the diplomatic impasse . Directions : In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentences in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.
    A Only i Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both ii and iii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both i and iii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only ii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The word ‘impasse’ means ‘a situation in which further development is impossible’. In i and iii, it is correct, but not in ii.

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