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Answer the Following by Choosing the Right Option from Those Given Below: the Wedding Guest Remarked that He Was 'Next of Kin' It Meant that ……..

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Answer the following by choosing the right option from those given below:

The wedding guest remarked that he was 'next of kin' It meant that …….. 

Options

  • he was a close relation of the bridegroom

  • he was a close relation of the bride

  • he was next in line to get married

  • he had to stand next to the bridegroom during the wedding

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Solution

he was a close relation of the bridegroom

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Chapter 10: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Exercises [Page 111]

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CBSE English Literature Reader [English] Class 10
Chapter 10 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Exercises | Q 6.02 | Page 111

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