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

Select the word closest in meaning to the given words :
Sway

A Control
B Pressure
C Deviation
D Weight


Option c

Ans 1:

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

Ans 2:

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

Ans 3:

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

Ans 4:

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".

Ans 5:

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

Ans 6:

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

Ans 7:

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

Ans 8:

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

Ans 9:

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.

Ans 10:

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

Ans 11:

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

Ans 12:

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.

Ans 13:

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

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