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GATE 2020 CE (CE1) – Question 1

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

It is a common criticism that most academicians live in their ______, so they are not aware of real-life challenges.

  1. homes
  2. ivory towers
  3. glass palaces
  4. big flats

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Correct answer: (B) ivory towers

Explanation

An “ivory tower” is a setting of intellectual isolation from everyday practical concerns. It is the established idiom matching the criticism. The other phrases describe accommodation without that meaning. **Answer:B**.