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    Question

    Directions: In each question below, word is used in four

    different ways. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE. (A) People have decided to ask the King to abdicate in favour of his son. (B) We cannot abdicate the responsibility to deal with these acts in the correct manner. (C) Our people have opted for democracy as a way of life from which we will not abdicate . (D) People wonder whether computer programmes will abdicate the role of the human brain.
    A A Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All sentences are correct Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Abdicate- (of a monarch) renounce one's throne. fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty). ‘Abdicate’ is incorrectly used in option D. In other sentence, abdicate is correctly used.

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