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Mayank Gupta from Kulachi Hansraj Model School, New Delhi
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 7

Mark the synonym of the words given below :
Busy

A Active
B Weary
C Preoccupied
D Ignorant


please tell the answer

Ans 1:

Pratham Dave from GNS, Bangalore
Class : Class 7
Shouldn't the answer be preoccupied ... because Preoccupied is literally the right synonym for busy . It shows the same in Oxford dictionary as well as Google dictionary

Ans 2:

Chinmayee Madhava from Acharya Vidya Kula, Mysuru
Class : Class 7
i feel like both active and preoccupied are correct in different situations, like Ananyag said.

Ans 3:

Inodaya M Sharma from SRDAV Public School, Dayanand Vihar, New Delhi
Class : Class 7
aren't both preoccupied and active considered synonyms of busy

Ans 4:

Soumyadipta Bhattacharyya from ACS, Kolkata
Class : Class 7
I think answer C should be correct. For example- The phone line is preoccupied.Both option A and C are correct

Ans 5:

Veerum Siria from Pawar Public School Kandivali, Mumbai
Class : Class 7
I too think answer should be C preoccupied but on the website it is given busy.

Ans 6:

Adarsh Menon from Blue Ridge Public school, Pune
Class : Class 8
The answer is preoccupied-Class

Ans 7:

Ananyag from HSV, Chennai
Class : Class 7
I think both preoccupied and active are correct in different context

Ans 8:

Gania Rathore from Vidya Mandir Estancia, Chennai
Class : Class 7
The answer should be preoccupied as being active doesn't always mean someone's busy.

Ans 9:

Kushal from Chirec, Hyderabad
Class : Class 7

Ans 10:

Kunal Kakaraddi from Vibgyor High Marathalli, Bangalore
Class : Class 7
Preoccupied is synonymous to busy and should be considered a right answer

Ans 11:

Mohhika Sharma from Delhi Public School Greater Noida, Greater Noida
Class : Class 7
Should be preoccupied....

Ans 12:

Ashwin Shridhar from Vidyashilp Academy, Bangalore
Class : Class 9
preoccupied is correct. for example, the phone line is busy.-the phone line is preoccupied

Ans 13:

Tamrashi Pani from National Public School, Bangalore
Class : Class 8
It is supposed to be PREOCCUPIED

Ans 14:

Ayush Chauhan from Modern Public School, Bhiwadi
Class : Class 9
I also think that preoccupied is the correct answer.

Ans 15:

Iba Khan from DPS , Noida
Class : Class 8
Being active can also mean to be energetic or full of stamina. Not only busy

Ans 16:

Adrija Ghosh from Summerfields School, Gurgaon
Class : Class 7
i also think that the correct answer is preoccupied

Ans 17:

Shaurya from Mris 51 Gurugram, Gurugram
Class : Class 7

Ans 18:

ARNAB MANDAL from NAVY CHILDREN SCHOOL, VIZAG
Class : Class 9
selva , u r wrong. it's preoccupied as synonym of busy is preoccupied

Ans 19:

Abhay rajvanshi from Delhi Public School, Gurgaon
Class : Class 10

Ans 20:

Taanvi from , Bangalore
Class : Class 9
Yes, it must be C) Preoccupied... because that's synonymous to busy more than active

Ans 21:

Aarnav Grover from Anand Niketan Shilaj, Ahmedabad
Class : Class 9
I believe it should be Preoccupied. It is more appropriate.

Ans 22:

Hprakash09 from Billabong high Bhopal, Bhopal
Class : Class 7
I think that both Active and Preoccupied are applicable in different situations, hence both are valid options. This invalidates the question as the whole point is that the questions are supposed to have one answer.

Ans 23:

Arnav Nandan from ST PETERS COLLEGE AGRA, Agra
Class : Class 9
Checked on google, preoccupy is correct

Ans 24:

Aravind from FIS, Bangalore
Class : Class 8
Active means you are willing to do something with enthusiasm but preoccupied means you are currently focusing on something else and cannot attend any other task

Ans 25:

Saksham Chanani from Sri Sri Academy, Kolkata
Class : Class 9
pre-occupied shoul be correct??

Ans 26:

Iba Khan from DPS , Noida
Class : Class 8
preoccupied is quite similar to busyso i think the answer is marked wrong

Ans 27:

Pitchairaj Bhuvaneswari from CS Academy, Erode
Class : Class 9
I think preoccupied is absolutely right (mostly, to be specific)!

Ans 28:

Anantha Narayanan M S from NPS Goaplapuram Chennai, Chennai
Class : Class 9
exactly!

Ans 29:

Mohinder singh from Sacred heart convent school, Ludhiana
Class : Class 7
Ananyag is correct

Ans 30:

Dheer Pandey from Sentia The Global School, Hyderabad
Class : Class 10
Yeah

Ans 31:

Shreyas Gupta from CHIREC International, Hyderabad
Class : Class 8
YUP ANSWER IS PREOCCUPIED

Ans 32:

Arushi Ukil from Mahadevi Birla Shishu Vihar, Kolkata
Class : Class 7
The answer should be preoccupied.

Ans 33:

Shaurya Veer from Army Public School ASC C and C , Bangalore
Class : Class 10
preoccupied should be the answer as active means you are ready to do something but preoccupied means that you are engrossed in some work

Ans 34:

Jahnavi Chaudhari from Abhinava Vidyalaya, Pune
Class : Class 5
I too, think PREOCCUPIED should be appropriate

Ans 35:

Niharika from shishya, banglore
Class : Class 7
Yes, answer should be preoccupied

Ans 36:

Som Chandrakant Moghe from The Blind Relief Association Nagpur Mundle English Medium School, Nagpur
Class : Class 10

Ans 37:

ANANYA SHAH from UDGAM SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN , AHMEDABAD
Class : Class 8
yes, I too think it should be preoccupied. Being active means to do extra-curricular activities, sports etc.

Ans 38:

Ariha Ashish Khere from Swami Vivekanand High School, Mumbai
Class : Class 8
Preoccupied should be correct.

Ans 39:

Ashvik Banerjee from Mount Litera Zee School , Vasco
Class : Class 9
Preoccupied

Ans 40:

AARAV AGRAWAL from BIRLA DIVYA JYOTI, SILIGURI
Class : Class 8
It is preoccupied.. Coz being active doesn't always mean being busy..

Ans 41:

Selva Akash from PSBB school,siruseri, Chennai
Class : Class 9
Hello Mayank Gupta. Akash here. The answer is A - Active.

Ans 42:

Maria Puthussery from St.Patrick's Academy, Bangalore
Class : Class 7
I think preoccupied should be correct

Ans 43:

Dhruv from Springdales, Dubai
Class : Class 9
the ans is preoccupiedimagine if i sayi am busyand i am preoccupiedand i am i am activeacive means ready to do or in energectic modenot busy

Ans 44:

ABHIRAM from chirec, HYDERABAD
Class : Class 10
preoccupied

Ans 45:

Snigdha swaminath from Christ nagar higher secondary school , Trivandrum
Class : Class 7
EVEN IN GOOGLE DICTIONARY ITS SAYING PREOCCUPIED

Ans 46:

Pratyush Somawagol from Icon School of Excellence, Bengaluru
Class : Class 7
Preoccupied is more suitable

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