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English I · Quiz 2 · 3 Aug 2025 · May 2025 term

Question 25: ‘Since last month, there has been a decrease in the amou…

Question 25

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‘Since last month, there has been a decrease in the amount of cereals sold for the same price.’ Choose the appropriate stress for the usage of the word ‘decrease’ in the sentence.

  1. A

    DEcrease

  2. B

    deCREASE

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  • A

    DEcrease

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Question 25 of 40 in the IIT Madras BS English I (English 1) Quiz 2 paper sat on 3 Aug 2025, in the May 2025 term (IIT M FOUNDATION AN EXAM QDF2 03 Aug 2025). It carries 1 mark.

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