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Dhriti Das Purkayastha from Inventure Academy, Bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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Dhriti Das Purkayastha from Inventure Academy, Bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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Dhriti Das Purkayastha from Inventure Academy, Bangalore
Class : Class 7

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NISHIT JHA from DPS NOIDA, Noida
Class : Class 5
d

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Aryan Sharma from CPGIS, Mumbai
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 3

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
Plants and animals have the hard job of surviving in a very wild world. How do they do it? There are many ways plants and animals have adapted in order to survive. Camouflage is one way animals adapt to survive. For some animals, this means that their fur, scales, or skin are a similar colour to the land around them. Deer, for example, have brown fur that blends in with the trees, so it’s harder for predators to see them. This saves them from becoming prey to a larger animals. Some animals can change colour to match their environment. Many people think of chameleons when they think of this type of camouflage, but rabbits are a great example as well. Some rabbit’s fur will change colours depending on the season. Their fur might be brown in the spring, summer and fall to match the trees, but the brown fur will fall out and white fur will grow in the winter to blend in with the snow. This way the rabbit is safer from predators year-round.
Some insects, instead of blending in with their environment, look like something else that will deter animals from eating them. A walking stick looks just like a stick so that predators will pass it by without noticing it. Katydids mimic leaves. Some moths and butterflies have designs on their wings that make them look like snakes or owls, to scare away their predators.
For some plants, however, they don’t want to blend in; they want to stand out to survive! Many plants grow flowers with colourful petals to attract bees. The bees help pollinate the flowers so that they can produce new flowers. Instead of hiding, some plants and animals develop structures that aim to hurt anything that tries to hurt them. Some plants develop thorns so that animals will not eat them. Some animals have extremely sharp teeth, horns and claws so they can fight off other animals. Porcupines and hedgehogs have spikes, called quills or spines, covering their backs so animals won’t dare to mess with them, let alone eat them!
Which word in the passage means the same as ‘imitate’?

A Pollinate
B Camouflage
C Mimic
D Blend


hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Vihaan jain from Lancers convent public school, Delhi
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 8

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Ayush Gorain from Sarala Birla Public School, Ranchi
Class : Class 8
In my opinion, the answer could be either option (A), option (B) or option (D). Both option (A) and option (D) imply that the 'little sister' bought a laptop for herself on her birthday, which is a normal thing to do. Option (B) implies that someone else had bought a laptop for her, as a gift. Thus, all three options are correct. Option (B) is given as the answer based on the stereotype that a 'little sister' is young, which is inaccurate as she can also be old and able to earn her own money, and buy herself gifts.

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Tony Thampan from Future Kids, Hyderabad
Class : Class 8
"was bought" is correct in the sense that it was bought for her by someone else, but I feel that "bought" is also correct, implying that she treated herself.

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Anushree Sahoo from Blue Ridge Public School , Pune
Class : Class 8
I answered D option which turned out to be incorrect. Instead, the answer was B which is clearly grammatically wrong.

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Aditri S Madhavan from SBOAJC, Chennai
Class : Class 9

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Gargi Shringarpure from Global Indian International School , Chinchwad Pune
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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Manha Fatima Shaik from Cambridge School, Bengaluru
Class : Class 5

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Gargi Shringarpure from Global Indian International School , Chinchwad Pune
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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simi2008 from Delhi public school Sushant Lok, Gurgaon
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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RIDHASEN PRIYASEN SHAH from The Rajkumar College, Rajkot, Rajkot
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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RIDHASEN PRIYASEN SHAH from The Rajkumar College, Rajkot, Rajkot
Class : Class 4
pretty hard

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Zannat from Ambitus World School, Hyderabad
Class : Class 6
fess up

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Kushal from Chirec, Hyderabad
Class : Class 7
fess up

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Siddharth Patel from prarambhika school, Patna
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 7

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Maitri Agarwal from jain heritage a cambridge school, hyderabad
Class : Class 10
OFF is the right answer

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Advaita from GIIS, Kuala Lumpur
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 3

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Musa from Srs gnyan dham school , Vapi
Class : Class 3
Bought is used when you buy something. Brought is wrong.

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