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Shreyansh Gupta from MVN, faridabad
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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Shristi from Sacred Heart School, Ranchi
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 10

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
What do we mean when we say someone is intelligent? Intelligence is the ability to think on the basis of the information available and solve problems. After human beings, dolphins are the next most intelligent creatures on earth. Like human beings, dolphins have large brains when compared to their body size. Since dolphins cannot take an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test to measure their intelligence, we measure it by comparing their brain size with their body size. This is called EQ (Encephalisation Quotient). Human EQ is 7.0, while a dolphin’s is 4.2 and the chimpanzees’, whales’ and elephants’ is 1.8 to 2.4. Dolphins come closest to us in intelligence.
For example, Kelly, the dolphin, is indeed very clever. She lives in the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi. Dolphins there are taught to keep the pools clean. They bring any litter that falls into the pools to the trainers. Their reward is a fish. Kelly has taken her learning one step further. The intelligent mammal picks up pieces of paper people throw, and hides them at the bottom of the pool. She tears off a piece of paper and brings it to the trainer to get a reward. Fish-rewards are given whether a dolphin brings a small piece or a big one. She has trained the humans! A large gull flew into the pool one day. The intelligent Kelly grabbed it and gave it to the trainers. It was a large gull so the trainers gave Kelly lots of fish. A new idea came to Kelly. Kelly began saving and using one or two of the fish she got very intelligently. She broke the fish into pieces and spread them on the pool surface instead of eating it.
Pieces of fish attracted more gulls. The gulls were immediately caught and given to the trainers for more fish-rewards! Kelly has now trained her family and friends in the pool. Gull baiting is now very common. The dolphins' intelligence has surprised everyone.
The purpose of the passage is to _______.

Ainform readers about Kelly
Bdiscuss 'intelligence' and show some examples
Ctell readers that intelligence in animals is rare
Dall of these


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Advika Narkar from The Shishukunj International School, Jhalaria Campus, Indore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 7

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Arin Malhotra from Rajkumar college Raipur, Raipur
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 7

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Arun from SOT, chennai
Class : Class 5
its - who...................

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Niranjhan Rajeshkumar from Deens Academy, Whitefield, Bengaluru
Class : Class 7
What is wrong as you cannot invite anything that is non human. Please rectify the error SOF

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Karthik Reddy Munnangi from Chirec International School, Hyderabad
Class : Class 7
Yeah it should be who

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Ishaan Pal from Christ Academy, Bangalore
Class : Class 8

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Ishtiyaq Ahmed from Mount litera Zee School Rampura Phool, Bathinda
Class : Class 7

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Daksh Chanani from Sri Sri academy, Kolkata
Class : Class 7
the answer should be who

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Praneel Hardikkumar Patel from Lalji mehrotra lions school, Ahmedabad
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 4

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Samadrita Bhattacharjee from St Gregorios High School, Mumbai
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 3

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Avantika from Hindustan International School, Chennai
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 8

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Rayansh Mishra from VIBGYOR HIGH, Pune
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 7

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Midhuna from ABCD, Banglore
Class : Class 3
I don't know what to say.............

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Rayansh Mishra from VIBGYOR HIGH, Pune
Class : Class 7
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Hussain Kapasi from Saint Xavier CMI public school, Bhavnagar
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 9

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Anurag SARKAR from Julien Day school GANGANAGAR MADYAMGRAM, madyamgram ganganagar
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 2

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
A Big, White Hen
There was once a big, white hen that had ten little chickens. They were very small, and the old hen took good care of them. She found food for them in the daytime and at night kept them under her wings.
One day, this old hen took her chickens down to a small brook. She thought some fresh air and the water would do them good. When they got to the brook, they walked on the bank a little while. It was very pretty on the other side of the brook, and the old hen thought she would take her children over there.
There was a large stone in the brook; she thought it would be easy for them to jump to that stone and from it to the other side. So she jumped to the stone and told the children to come after her. For the first time, she found that they would not obey her.
She flapped her wings, and shouted, “Come here, all of you! Jump upon this stone as I did. We can then jump to the other side. Come now!”
“O Mother ! We can’t, we can’t!” said all the little chickens.
“Yes, you can if you try,” said the old hen. “Just flap your wings as I did, and you can jump over.”
“I am flapping my wings,” said Chiku, who stood by himself, “but I can’t jump any better than I could before.”

How was the weather near the brook?

AIt was very pretty.
BThere was fresh air.
CIt was fine day.
DIt was cold.


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