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Preetham Sivalingam from Delhi Public School Bangalore East, Bengaluru
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat like the continent of Africa. (Asian elephants have smaller, rounded ears.) Elephant ears radiate heat to help keep these large animals cool, but sometimes the African heat is too much. Elephant are fond of water and enjoy showering by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves. Afterwards, they often spray their skin with a protective coating of dust.

An elephant's trunk is actually a long nose used for smelling, breathing, trumpeting, drinking, and also for grabbing things– especially a potential meal. The trunk alone contains about 100,000 different muscles. African elephants have two fingerlike features on the end of their trunk that they can use to grab small items. (Asian elephants have one.) Both male and female African elephants have tusks that they use to dig for food and water and strip bark from trees. Males use the tusks to battle one another, but the ivory has also attracted violence of a far more dangerous sort.

Since ivory is so valuable to some humans, many elephants have been killed for their tusks. This trade is illegal today, but it has not been completely eliminated. Hence, the African elephant population remains endangered. Elephants are herbivores and eat roots, grasses, fruit and bark. An adult elephant can consume up to 300 pounds of food in a single day. These hungry animals do not sleep much, and they roam over great distances while foraging for the large quantities of food that they require to sustain their massive bodies.

Female elephants (cows) live in family herds with their young, but adult males (bulls) tend to roam on their own. Having a baby elephant is a serious commitment. Elephants have a longer pregnancy than any other mammal–almost 22 months. Cows usually give birth to one calf every two to four years. At birth, elephants already weigh some 200 pounds and stand about 3 feet tall. Grown adults can weigh anywhere from two-anda-half to seven tons, and measure up to 13 feet. Premature baby elephants normally don't make it in the world. After a twenty two month gestation period, a mother elephant and her baby form a practically unbreakable bond. The babies dependontheirmother'smilkforthefirsttwo years of life. When a female baby is born, it will normally stay with her mother for her whole life.

African elephants, unlike their Asian relatives, are not easily domesticated. They roam throughout sub-Saharan Africa and the rainforest of central and West Africa. The continent's northernmost elephants are found in Mali's Sahel desert. The small, nomadic herd of Mali elephants migrates in a circular route though the desert in search of water.

Which of the following statements is true?

AA baby elephant weighs around twohundred pounds at birth.
BThe female calf stays along with her mother forever.
COnly A
DBoth A and B


Ans 1:

Aarav from Abhinava Vidyalaya, Pune
Class : Class 6
both a and b

Ans 2:

Ashee Srivastava from APEEJAY SCHOOL NOIDA , NOIDA
Class : Class 7

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Sarthak yadav from RPS, Mahendragarh
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 4

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Laranya Lalchandani from Delhi Public School Sec-45, Gurgaon
Class : Class 7
What should be the answer?

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Harshini Mahesh from NHVPS BANGALORE, Bengaluru
Class : Class 4
I think always can also be the answer as it can matter with terms of the year.

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Dheer Pandey from Sentia The Global School, Hyderabad
Class : Class 10
mighty is the answer.

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SHREEYASH KEJRIWAL from LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY, KOLKATA
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 3

Ans 1:

Risha Jakhotiya from Sanskriti School , Pune
Class : Class 3

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SAKSHAM MISHRA from Cambridge, GHAZIABAD
Class : Class 8

Ans 3:

Tayab Ara from Kothari International School, Noida
Class : Class 3
The answer should be D

Ans 4:

Risha Jakhotiya from Sanskriti School , Pune
Class : Class 3
the ans is D

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BHAVIKA GUPTA from ST. ANSELM PINK CITY SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, MALVIYA NAGAR, JAIPUR
Class : Class 8
It is wrong . The correct answer is D. SOF is saying C.

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Agasthya S Ramkumar from Oakridge Internatioal School, Hyderabad
Class : Class 7

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Vibha Rane from North Point School, Navi Mumbai
Class : Class 3

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Agasthya S Ramkumar from Oakridge Internatioal School, Hyderabad
Class : Class 7

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Mihika Bole from Caelum High, Pune
Class : Class 5
but i think it should be "in the soup" because it means in trouble

Ans 10:

Ishaan Paul from Kothari International School, Noida
Class : Class 5
It's wrong! the correct answer is D but SOF is saying that the correct answer is B

Ans 11:

Muhammad Moosa khan from Eden Park International school, ANANTNAG
Class : Class 4
Not at all!The answer is C it is an idiom

Ans 12:

Risha Jakhotiya from Sanskriti School , Pune
Class : Class 3
i am from class 3

Ans 13:

Vibha Rane from North Point School, Navi Mumbai
Class : Class 3
the question should also say choose the correct idiom, without this it is a bit Tricky

Ans 14:

Yashmit from BVM, Nagpur
Class : Class 7
The answer is D.SOF is saying C.How?

Ans 15:

Nihira Tiwari from Delhi public school electronic city, Bengaluru
Class : Class 6
Maybe it is asking for the idiom but it is not written in the question.

Ans 16:

Ybbn from Alphabet International School, Chennai
Class : Class 5
The answer is D

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Sia Prashant Bhangui from Lotus Valley International School, Gurgaon, Gurgaon
Class : Class 4
The answer should have been "in a soup"... since its written "in the soup", D seems more correct here because the question also doesn't say "which is the best idiom"

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Anooshka from Ekya btm, Bangalore
Class : Class 3

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Savya Vishal Neha Babar from HPS Begumpet, Hyderabad
Class : Class 4
I think it should be B because it means to be in trouble

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Vedika Reddy Chichili from Ambitus World School, Hyderabad
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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Pankaj Rajput from RBK GLOBAL SCHOOL, THANE
Class : Class 4
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop!

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Aswath Krishna from DPS EAST, Bengaluru
Class : Class 6
Length is the abstract noun as the rest of the options are all common nouns.

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Rohit GUPTA from DPS sharjah , AJMAN
Class : Class 7
length

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Anish from St Peters Public School, Hyderabad
Class : Class 8
length length is something which sow how much it is ,the other options are common nouns

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DIVYAM RAMESH SHARMA from GUNDECHA EDUCATION ACADEMY, Mumbai
Class : Class 4

Ans 6:

Shuvangi Das from Vivekananda mission school, haldia
Class : Class 9
THANK U SIR FOR THE EXPLANATION

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Sonal Deshmukh from Anandalaya, Anand
Class : Class 7
LENGTH is the correct answer.

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Vedika Reddy Chichili from Ambitus World School, Hyderabad
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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Aarav bhatt from St annes convent, chandigarh
Class : Class 6
Drove or drift is a group of pigsA litter is a group of young pigsA group of hogs is known as a team or passelA sounder is a herd of swineA group of boars is known as a singular.As we can tell "Drove" is for Pigs.MTG has given it wrong.

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DEVAANGANA SARDAR from G.D. Birla Centre for Education, Kolkata
Class : Class 7
Yup u guys r right

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Shaurya from Mris 51 Gurugram, Gurugram
Class : Class 7
elephants also move together

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sauradeep from j v m Shyamali , ranchi
Class : Class 10
it must be pigs

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Shuvangi Das from Vivekananda mission school, haldia
Class : Class 9
Even I gave the ans. as pigs, but they r giving it wrong

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Shuvangi Das from Vivekananda mission school, haldia
Class : Class 9
SORRY, I GAVE IT AS ELEPHANTS, NOT HORSES

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DEVAANGANA SARDAR from G.D. Birla Centre for Education, Kolkata
Class : Class 7
What the heck is everyone doing?

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DEVAANGANA SARDAR from G.D. Birla Centre for Education, Kolkata
Class : Class 7
From where is pigs and elephants coming from bro? Heaven or hell? The options here are lions, hyenas, tigers and dolphins.

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Niranjhan Rajeshkumar from Deens Academy, Whitefield, Bengaluru
Class : Class 8
I am quite sure that this must be wrong due to logical fallacy. A group of cattle is referred to as a herd of cattle. Drove would not make sense in this context.

Ans 10:

Anushree Sahoo from Blue Ridge Public School, Pune
Class : Class 6
It should be pigs right?

Ans 11:

Nandu from The Asian School, Bahrain
Class : Class 3
All I am very sure about is that the answer is not cattle as we say a herd of cattle not drove of cattle . That's for sure .

Ans 12:

kpks14 from RIMT World School, Chandigarh
Class : Class 7
YOUR ANSWER IS WRONG. A GROUP OF HORSES IS KNOWN AS A TEAM, NOT A DROVE

Ans 13:

Shaurya from Mris 51 Gurugram, Gurugram
Class : Class 7
Correct Answer is C only, for the ones who are confused with the A option) its piglets not pigs

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NIVED PRAKASH NAIR from SARVODAYA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Class : Class 8
Friends,it is cattle because drove is the collective noun of animals that move together.Cattle moves together,no?So,a DROVE OF CATTLE

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DEVAANGANA SARDAR from G.D. Birla Centre for Education, Kolkata
Class : Class 7
Sllpast

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Ambar and Adwita from Suncity School, Gurgaon
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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Aarav Kamdar from Global Indian International School, Singapore
Class : Class 7

Ans 2:

Aastha P Kumar from Presidency school kasturi nagar, Bangalore
Class : Class 6

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Ananya Tiwari from Sapphire International School, Ghaziabad
Class : Class 7

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KESHAV from NPS KORAMANGALA, Bangalore
Class : Class 8

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RIDHASEN PRIYASEN SHAH from The Rajkumar College, Rajkot, Rajkot
Class : Class 4
Explanation:future continuous tense does not have any passive.So, D is the correct answer.

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Prabhsimrat Singh Gill from Oakridge international school , Mohali
Class : Class 6
pls explain

Ans 7: (Master Answer)

Admin from revisewise, Noida
Class : Class 1
The correct answer is D. The correct answer would be The children will watch a movie.

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PRANSHU AGRAWAL from The Jain International School, Bilaspur
Class : Class 6
The correct answer is D as the correct passive voice will be :A movie will be being watched by the children.I know it may sound incorrect but from what I searched the correct sentence is this.It may be incorrect as many sentences in the future continuous tense cannot be converted into passive voice

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Ambar and Adwita from Suncity School, Gurgaon
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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Sreebhadra from Olive International School , Doha , Qatar, Qatar
Class : Class 6
b

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Vanya mathur from Jankidevi public school Jaipur , Jaipur
Class : Class 7

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Aswath Krishna from DPS EAST, Bengaluru
Class : Class 6
The answer should be 'colder' as the sentence " I remember the days when winter used to be cold" is like saying that winter isn't cold now, which does NOT make sense as winter is definitely cold now.Option 'A' would only make sense if you're an old person and global warming has gone out of hand

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Vannsh jagtiani from Shri ram, New delhi
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 4

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Aditya from DPS Whitefield, Bengaluru
Class : Class 4
The answer is [B].

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from Gundecha Education Academy, Mumbai
Class : Class 6

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IITRoorkee from DPS, Saharanpur
Class : Class 5
B

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Priya Kulkarni from Podar international school , Ratnagiri
Class : Class 4

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Himanish Basu from Army Public School Kamaraj Road, Bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 4

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Atharv Patil from Vibgyor High, Balewadi, Pune
Class : Class 4
no its a

Ans 2: (Master Answer)

Admin from revisewise, Noida
Class : Class 1
The correct answer is B.

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Havish jale from CHIREC INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, Hyderabad
Class : Class 6
It should be option a

Ans 4:

Vania Aravindan from Unicent School , Miyapur Hyderabad
Class : Class 8

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arhaan m from ABC, BANGALORE
Class : Class 5
Dr Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India. The word 'President' is in capital letters and is not a common noun as per the rules of Capitalization. However, the answers show it as Common Noun. Please explain.

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Aliza Jha from Sherwood High, Bangalore
Class : Class 2
The word 'President' is in capital letters and is not a common noun as per the rules of Capitalization. Also here it is talking about a special person the 1st President of India..Please explain why the answer is not Proper Noun and how is it common noun..

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Swarit from Indian School Wadi kabir, Muscat
Class : Class 6
they wrote president in CAPITAL to fool us but however the answer is common noun

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Swarit from Indian School Wadi kabir, Muscat
Class : Class 6

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Laranya Lalchandani from Delhi Public School Sec-45, Gurgaon
Class : Class 7
@Anirudh Bhatterjee- If president is in any form like President or president both are the same things. Laranya Thanks Laranya

Ans 10:

Vania Aravindan from Unicent School , Miyapur Hyderabad
Class : Class 8

Ans 11:

V S Shripranav from Chrysalis High, Bengaluru
Class : Class 6
The correct answer is b

Ans 12:

IAMLOST from ABC, Pune
Class : Class 8
it should be proper noun as President is in capital letter.

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Himanish Basu from Army Public School Kamaraj Road, Bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 4

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Siddharth Laxmisha from The Study Lecole Internationale, PUDUCHERRY
Class : Class 8

Ans 2: (Master Answer)

Admin from revisewise, Noida
Class : Class 1
The correct answer is D. B would have been the correct answer if the object of comparison was a singular entity. Here, we are talking about the roads which are plural.

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