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    Question

    Given below is a word followed by three sentences. You

    need to understand whether the sentences used the highlighted word correctly or not. Mark the incorrect sentence with the incorrect word usage as your answer. Evaluate (I) The team was asked to evaluate the data from the latest experiment to determine its validity. (II) The professor asked the students to evaluate their classmates’ presentations during the seminar. (III) He struggled to evaluate the concept, since it was too abstract to understand fully.
    A Only (I) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both (I) and (II) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only (III) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only (II) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All (I), (II), and (III) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    "Evaluate" means to assess or judge the quality, value, or significance of something based on a systematic process. (I) Correct Usage: Here, "evaluate" is correctly used to mean assess or judge the quality or reliability of the data. (II) Correct Usage: "Evaluate" is used correctly here to mean assess or judge the presentations. (III) Incorrect Usage: "Evaluate" is misused here because it implies judging or assessing something abstract and difficult to understand. 

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