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Vishal B from National Public School, Chennai
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 7

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
There are two species of elephant seals, the northern and southern. Northern elephant seals can be found in California and Baja California, though they prefer to frequent offshore islands rather than the North American mainland.
Southern elephant seals live in sub- Antarctic and Antarctic waters that feature brutally cold conditions but are rich in the fish, squid, and other marine foods these seals enjoy. Southern elephant seals breed on land but spend their winters in the chilly Antarctic waters near the Antarctic pack ice. Do you know southern seals can dive over 4,921 feet (1,500 metres) deep and can remain submerged for up to two hours?
Southern elephant seals are the largest of all seals. Males can be over 20 feet (6 metres) long and weigh up to 8,800 pounds (4,000 kilograms). But these massive mammals with flippers aren’t called elephant seals because of their size. They take their name from their trunk like inflatable snouts.
The northern elephant seals live up to nine years whereas the southern ones can live up to 22 years. When breeding season arrives, male elephant seals define and defend territories. They collect a harem of 40 to 50 females, which are much smaller than their enormous mates. Males battle each other for dominance. Some encounters end with roaring and aggressive posturing, but many others turn into violent and bloody battles.
Sea elephants, as these seals are sometimes called, give birth in late winter to a single pup and nurse it for approximately a month. While suckling their young, females do not eat—both mother and child live off the energy stored in ample reserves of her fat. Females give birth to a single pup each year after a 11-month pregnancy.
Elephant seals migrate in search of food, spending months at sea and often diving deep to forage. They return to their rookeries in winter to breed and give birth. Though both male and female elephant seals spend time at sea, their migration routes and feeding habits differ: Males follow a more consistent route while females vary their routes in pursuit of moving prey.
Elephant seals were aggressively hunted for their oil, and their numbers were once reduced to the brink of extinction. Fortunately, populations have rebounded under legal protections.
Female seals are _________ in size compared to male seals.

Asmaller
Bbigger
Cequal
Dbetter


There is no mention of size in the passage

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Yashasavini Arora from The Shri Ram School, Gurugram
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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SAYANTIKA SIL from DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BHILAI
Class : Class 6
both the answers should be correct

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Akshat Upadhyay from Greenwood High, Bangalore
Class : Class 9
I am confused between answer A and B

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Vyshnavi Karunakar from ONE WORLD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BANGALORE
Class : Class 6
hate you

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Akshat Iyer from Sri Kumaran Children's Home, Bengaluru
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 7

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Hamzah Inamdar from SHARDA ENGLISH SCHOOL KAIJ DIST BEED, KAIJ
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 3

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Ava from trio, bangalore
Class : Class 2

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Ivan Tyagi from Chirec International School , Hyderabad
Class : Class 8

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Aritrika Khanra from The Cambridge International school , Bangalore
Class : Class 4
I guess it’s A . Am I right ??

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Mitesh from Shishya BEML Public School, Bengaluru
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 3

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Dyanesh from Lakshmi School, Madurai
Class : Class 5

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Mitesh from Shishya BEML Public School, Bengaluru
Class : Class 7
inhnh

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Sarbajeet Sana from Kendriya Vidyalaya , BANGALORE
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 9

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Student from School, City
Class : Class 8
a

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Ritika jain from Sophia, Ajmer
Class : Class 9
Option A

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Niranjhan Rajeshkumar from Deens Academy, Whitefield, Bengaluru
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 3

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Mihika Raut from ST JOSEPHS SCHOOL, RIHAND NAGAR
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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Sarbajeet Sana from Kendriya Vidyalaya , BANGALORE
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 9

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Sarbajeet Sana from Kendriya Vidyalaya , BANGALORE
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 9

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Sarbajeet Sana from Kendriya Vidyalaya , BANGALORE
Class : Class 8

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Sarbajeet Sana from Kendriya Vidyalaya , BANGALORE
Class : Class 8
OPTION D

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