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Shivam Dave from Jamnabai Narsee School, Gandhinagar
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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Sarah Ishika Dowerah from Delhi Public School, Numaligarh
Class : Class 8
yes the correct answer is divide

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Ethel shiju from National Public School Indiranagar, Bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 8

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Ashwin Shridhar from Vidyashilp Academy, Bangalore
Class : Class 9
Option C

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Chada Lakshmi Chaitra from Timpany School, Visakhapatnam
Class : Class 8
It seems to be option C

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Ayush Gorain from Sarala Birla Public School, Ranchi
Class : Class 8
In my opinion, it is both option (A).Sway (as a verb) is similar to the verb 'control', or 'influence'. It is used in a sentence as such: Mcdonald is very easily swayed by other people's opinions, he's never made so much as a decision by himself in his life. Sway (as a noun) is not similar to the word deviation. Sway means to swing or oscillate, which, generally, means 'to move around a fixed point in a regular manner'. For example: The child swayed slightly on his feet as he waited for his name to be called. Deviation, on the other hand, (as a noun) means 'to stray from a recommended/accepted path'. For example: Harry's deviation from the standard methods (written in the book 'Advanced Potion-Making', by Libatius Borage) earned him many compliments from Slughorn.Thus, the answer is option (A) in my opinion.

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Bipasana from KV IIT Kanpur, Kanpur
Class : Class 9
I think it's option C

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Dhruti Kedilaya from Podar International School Powai, Mumbai
Class : Class 8
It’s option c mostly

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MRUDSDHA2 from Abhinava Vidyalaya English Medium Primary School, Pune
Class : Class 8
Yes...its option c

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Abhinav from BVM Global Bollineni Hillside, Chennai
Class : Class 8
Option C also seems correct as "sway" means "control" only when it is used in the expression "held sway".

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Sampurna Mandal from DAV Public School Jagganath Talcher, Angul
Class : Class 8

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Student from School, City
Class : Class 5
Both A and C are correct.

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Bhaskar Lalwani from Delhi Public School, Raipur
Class : Class 8
NO.......its option A

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ARAVINDAN MANIKANDAN from NPS INternational, Singapore
Class : Class 8
Sway also means to control

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Akshara from sishya OMR , chennai
Class : Class 8
In my opinion, option a may be correct in some contexts but when such an appropriate option as option c is there, it should be option c as it is more correct. Olympiad questions are confusing in such a way where they may have two or even more correct answers but in this exercise it is my opinion that in options a and c, c is more appropriate.

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MRUDSDHA2 from Abhinava Vidyalaya English Medium Primary School, Pune
Class : Class 8
Yes...its option c

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Rayan Chanda from Salt Lake School, Kolkata
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 4

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Akira Sharma from Seven Square Academy, Mumbai
Class : Class 4
I agree with the anser I read the question wrong

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Shruthi from VIBGYOR, Mumbai
Class : Class 6
I agree i read the question wrong

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Zayaan H Azad from Navy Children School, KARWAR
Class : Class 4
yes

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Tanishka Mody from Vibgyor High School , Mumbai
Class : Class 4
this question seems to be incorrect

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jiya from DIS, DEHRADUN
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 4

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Aajani Datta from The Samhita Academy, Bangalore
Class : Class 5
The error is that Ram is a boy , so it will not be she, it will be he.

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Vidit Tapadia from Billabong High, Pune
Class : Class 4
We are assuming Ram is a boy. Can't do that as the English language is global and some cultures may name a girl as Ram. Bad question.

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Shruthi from VIBGYOR, Mumbai
Class : Class 6
What is the error in this sentence?

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ADITYA ROY from VIDYASAGAR SHISHU NIKETAN, MEDINIPUR
Class : Class 9
where is the error

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Dhruv Rana from Sri Sri Academy Alipur, Kolkata
Class : Class 6
HE ought to be

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Atharv Patil from Vibgyor High, Balewadi, Pune
Class : Class 4
he ought to be

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Rajashree Raghavendra from Greenwood High, Bengaluru
Class : Class 4
The name "Ram" can be gender neutral, Please correct your question/answer

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drindirarun from KV, Thrissur
Class : Class 4
what is the error ? please clarify

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Gavakshya Sharma from Delhi Public School, Bangalore
Class : Class 4
.e

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Inaabat Banday from Foundation World School, Srinagar
Class : Class 4

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Aardev from Choithram School Manik Bagh, Indore
Class : Class 9

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Anju from GEAR innovative Intl. School, Bangalore
Class : Class 4
OMG ! didnot realize that it would turn out to be that simple .

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Jordan Cole from NCS Arakkonam, Arakkonam
Class : Class 3
i dont know what is wrong?

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Aaradhy Sharma from DPS, Bopal , Ahmedabad
Class : Class 4
omg

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Saumalyajit De from Vivekananda Mission School, Kolkata
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 8

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Ethel shiju from National Public School Indiranagar, Bangalore
Class : Class 9
No error

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Aarush from Sri Kumarans Children Home Education Council, Bangalore
Class : Class 8
it should be every day not everyday

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Aarush from Sri Kumarans Children Home Education Council, Bangalore
Class : Class 8
There is error. C is the right answer. It has to be work every day ( not everyday)

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Anjor Srivastava from KV-II, Kalpakkam
Class : Class 8
Guys I also got this one wrong, it is a very common error. To know more, check out "Everyday vs. Every Day" by Merriam webster dictionary

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Abhyudoy Basu from Techno India Group Public School, Bolpur
Class : Class 8
No freaking error. You have to be an inmate of a mental asylum to say that the correct option is 'C'.

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Anusha from Npsk, Bangalore
Class : Class 8
Why is there an error in this sentence?

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Anjisnu Raha from SBOA School and Junior College, Chennai
Class : Class 9
No, there is no error.

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ishika from BVBARRS, hyderabad
Class : Class 8
NO ERROR

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Anay Mittal from Podar International School, Mumbai
Class : Class 9
NO ERROR

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Anora from , Indore
Class : Class 9
there is no error everyday and every day is the same

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Aarushi Bhayana from Father Agnel School Noida, Ghaziabad
Class : Class 8
There is no error in this sentence...

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Animesh Jha from St.Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Bettiah
Class : Class 8
What will be the correct sentence?

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Diya Acharya from Hiranandani International, mumbai
Class : Class 8
Answer is right, I googled it, Every day should be used in place of everyday

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Soham from Vibgyor high, Pune
Class : Class 8
Everyday must have a space between it in this usage

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praneet raj L from rockwell international school, Hyderabad
Class : Class 6
I don't think this can be considered an error

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Netal from Jet Kids, Pusad
Class : Class 8
No error What is wrong in work everyday

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Chada Lakshmi Chaitra from Timpany School, Visakhapatnam
Class : Class 8
i do not think there is an error

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Amritanshu Singh from DPS , Bilaspur
Class : Class 9
AS EVERYDAY IS USED TO TELL COMMON THINGS.EG;-EVERY DAY , I CORRECT EVERYDAY SPELLING MISTAKES.

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Ramith G from NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL YESHWANTHPUR, BANGALORE
Class : Class 8
correct answer is option C, because no one will work everyday.

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Rahul Jha from Delhi Public School BN, Bengaluru
Class : Class 8

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Ethel shiju from National Public School Indiranagar, Bangalore
Class : Class 9
No error

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Aditya Mathpal from Rustomjee Cambridge International School, Mumbai
Class : Class 9
Everyday is grammatically correct; there's no mistake.

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Maddie from Bhatnagar International School, New Delhi
Class : Class 8
Then why is C the correct answer

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Anurag peddi from Niraj International School, Hyderabad
Class : Class 9
It should be Priya’s mother goes to work every day. NOT everyday.

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Shreyam Tripathy from Ann Mary School, Dehradun
Class : Class 10
i think there is no error

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Aadya Jolly from Aadya Jolly, Hyderabad
Class : Class 6
what's wrong with the sentence

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Samarth Sabari from GIIS, Singapore
Class : Class 9
The sentence is correct, there's no error

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Angshu from Dehli Public School Bangalore East, Bangalore
Class : Class 8
There is no error in "work everyday", it should be D). If anyone thinks that "everyday" and "every day" are different, in this context, they are not. Please fix this.

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janani from St Gregorios High School, Mumbai
Class : Class 8
I don't mean to be impolite, but I don't think there is anything wrong with "work everyday". If there is, could you please enlighten me ?

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Saumalyajit De from Vivekananda Mission School, Kolkata
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 8

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
Though the U.S. prides itself on being a leader in the world community, a recent report shows that it lags far behind other industrialised countries in meeting the needs of its youngest and most vulnerable citizens. The U.S. has a higher infant mortality-rate, a higher proportion of low birth-weight babies, a smaller proportion of babies immunised against childhood diseases and a much higher rate of adolescent pregnancies. These findings, described as a 'quiet crisis' requires immediate and far-reaching action. Research shows that a fourth of the nation's 12 million infants and toddlers live in poverty. As many as half confront risk factors that could harm their ability to develop intellectually, physically and socially. Child immunisations are too low, more children are born into poverty, more are in substandard care while their parents work and more are being raised by single parents. When taken together, these and other risk factors can lead to educational and health problems that are much harder and more costly to reverse.
The crisis begins in the womb with unplanned parenthood. Women with unplanned pregnancies are less likely to seek pre-natal care. In the U.S. 80% of teenage pregnancies and 56% of all pregnancies are unplanned. The problems continue after birth where unplanned pregnancies and unstable partnerships often go hand in hand. Since 1950, the number of single parent families has nearly tripled. More than 25 percent of all births today are to unmarried mothers. As the number of single parent families grow and more women enter the work force, infants and toddlers are increasingly in the care of people other than their parents.
Most disturbingly, recent statistics show that American parents are increasingly neglecting or abusing their children. Babies under the age of one are the fastest growing category of children entering foster care. The crisis affects children under the age of three most severely, the report says. Yet, it is this period-from infancy through pre-school years-that sets the stage for a child's future.
The 'Quiet Crisis' severely affects the children belonging to the age group ___________.

A between one and three years
B between two and three years
C below one year
D below three years


the answer wasn't given clearly in passage.

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Anurag peddi from Niraj International School, Hyderabad
Class : Class 9
I think its D

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Aarav Mahavir Koul from NPS ITPL, Bangalore
Class : Class 8
It is Dit is d

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MRUDSDHA2 from Abhinava Vidyalaya English Medium Primary School, Pune
Class : Class 8
I think the answer should be option D- below 3 years. To quote the passage, "The crisis affects children under the age of three most severely, the report says."

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Ethel shiju from National Public School Indiranagar, Bangalore
Class : Class 9
The answer is below one year as it is said in the passage that “These findings described as the quiet crisis requires immediate and far reaching action. One fourth of the nation’s 12 million infants and toddlers live in poverty” As infants are below 1 year..that must be the answer

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Rebekah Lisa Thomas from STRS, Trivandrum
Class : Class 8
I think that the answer has to be D because it is written clearly that "The crisis affects children under the age of three most severely

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Ayush Gorain from Sarala Birla Public School, Ranchi
Class : Class 8
In my opinion, the answer should be Option (D) instead of Option (C), as, according to the final paragraph of the passage, it is written as "The crisis affects children under the age of three years most severely, the report says.". As it is clearly, mentioned, children under the age of 'three' years suffer most severely.

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Anushka Agrawal from Choithram International, Indore
Class : Class 8
It doesn't make sense, as it is quoted children under 3 years are most severely affected.

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Suhani Amogh Thaly from NPS, Bangalore
Class : Class 8
Shouldn't the answer be 'd' as they mention it "affects the children below the age of three most severely"

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Sharvari Joshi from VIBGYOR High Balewadi, Pune
Class : Class 9
the answer should be D it is clearly stated in the passage

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Saumalyajit De from Vivekananda Mission School, Kolkata
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 8

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Ethel shiju from National Public School Indiranagar, Bangalore
Class : Class 9
The correct answer is option c. It is completely correct to say “there is A need” but wrong to say that “there is a need to REVISING the school timings.”,it should be to REVISE the school timings...thus the answer is option c. Hope you found it helpful!

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Feuli from Tagore International, New Delhi
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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Durjoy Datta from Venkateshwar International School, Sector 10, Dwarka, New Delhi
Class : Class 5
The answer is c as divide makes more sense here. If it was not present, then it would have been open.

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Sagnik Nag from Thakur Public School , Mumbai
Class : Class 6
Open can be the antonym of bridge but divide makes more sense. If divide was not there in the options, then it could have been open

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Agrim gupta from DPS, Agra
Class : Class 5
why can't it be divide

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Aditya Basera from Jayshree Periwal High School, Jaipur
Class : Class 5
sorry,, C

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Aditya Basera from Jayshree Periwal High School, Jaipur
Class : Class 5
d

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Durjoy Datta from Venkateshwar International School, Sector 10, Dwarka, New Delhi
Class : Class 5
The answer is divide. There is an error from the SOF side. Anyways, there are many answers given by this website which are wrong.

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Ishita Das from VMS, Kolkata
Class : Class 5
Yes the correct answer should be divide ( option c) .

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Niha from Kumarans, Bengaluru
Class : Class 8
answer is c divide

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Mannat Verma from Vivek High School , Chandigarh
Class : Class 6
I think Shreyans Jain IS ABSOLUTELY right.

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Ananya sharma from Jayshree periwal high school jaipur , Jaipur
Class : Class 6

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Sanas Gandhi from Army Public School, New Delh
Class : Class 5
Divide is more appropriate option. SOF's answer key is probably showing the wrong answer.

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sangeeta singh from blue ridge , Pune
Class : Class 5
Option C

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Aneek Dey from Little Angel School, karimganj
Class : Class 6
Divide ought to be the correct answer as it means to separate. If it was not in the options, then open could have been considered. Bridge means to connect for which divide is its antonym.

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Arihant Medhi from Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Rangia
Class : Class 6
Bind can not be, as bride means 'to join' . But open is the answer,as the antonym of join is open

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anvi jain from SPRING DALE SENIOR SCHOOL, amritsar
Class : Class 5
I think it should be option c as bridge means 'to join' and antonym for this has to be 'divide'.

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Mannat Verma from Vivek High School , Chandigarh
Class : Class 6

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Shreyans Jain from Glendale Academy, HYDERABAD
Class : Class 5
It says the antonym which is the opposite of a word so I think it is option d

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Sneha Bhide from Symbiosis, Pune
Class : Class 9
I think Divide is correct answer.

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Samhita Garg from Vibgyor High Malad East, Mumbai
Class : Class 6
i think c is the correct option

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marika from VTS, Mumbai
Class : Class 4
Option c is right as per the Internet. Open doesn't sound right either.

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Jayee Bora from Srimanta Shankar Academy, Guwahati
Class : Class 6
As per internet, it should be option C. But it is showing wrong..

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Kyra Vashishtha from Gurukul the School, Ghaziabad
Class : Class 5
Divide is more appropriate than open. It may be an error from the SOF side.

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Arnav kaul from Chirec, Hyderabad
Class : Class 2

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Ananya sharma from Jayshree periwal high school jaipur , Jaipur
Class : Class 6
divide must be the correct answer because word divide means to separate and bridge means structure carrying road over river etc.

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Tanay Tatu from billabong high international school, Vadodara
Class : Class 5
yup, but if it is showing wrong, think of the next possibility! open?

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Harshit from Montfort , Delhi
Class : Class 7
option C is correct

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Swarnava Pal from Vivekananda Mission School, Haldia
Class : Class 8
d is the answer

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Akshat from DPS, Bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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Tanvi Sunil Rege from BHAVANS A.H WADIA HIGH SCHOOL, MUMBAI
Class : Class 6
B

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Aman Saji from Indian School,Sohar,Sultanate of Oman., Sohar
Class : Class 6
WHENEVER THERE IS USAGE OF BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A NEGATIVE PART AND A POSITIVE PART. HERE THE NEGATIVE PART IS LONG AND THE POSITIVE PART IS EXCITING

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Aman Saji from Indian School,Sohar,Sultanate of Oman., Sohar
Class : Class 6
WHENEVER THERE IS USAGE OF BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A NEGATIVE PART AND A POSITIVE PART. HERE THE NEGATIVE PART IS LONG AND THE POSITIVE PART IS EXCITING

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Aarav Srivastav from DWPS , Noida Extension
Class : Class 7
b is the ans

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Aarav Kapoor from Bhatnagar International School , New Delhi
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 4

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Feuli from Tagore International, New Delhi
Class : Class 6
C

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Mahi Malhani from Vibgyor high balewadi, Pune
Class : Class 4
C

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Aajani Datta from The Samhita Academy, Bangalore
Class : Class 5
the answer is C

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Sarthak Shome from Harvest International, Bangalore
Class : Class 6
yes it is a collective noun

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Aarav Mehta from Budha Dal Public School, Patiala
Class : Class 4
It is C so it is easy

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