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Question
Choose the right word.
“Eat the leaves of the tamarind tree, and you’ll also sing like ______.
Options
Tansen
Akbar
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Solution
“Eat the leaves of the tamarind tree, and you’ll also sing like Tansen.
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The incidents narrated in the extract are arranged in a jumbled manner here, Rearrange them in a proper order as they occur in the extract:
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(ii) Seeking excuse politely from the stranger, she went her way.
(iii) The poet ran into a stranger on the road.
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about our friends we may not follow the same trend.”
While introducing great personalities, — a
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But while speaking about our friends, — b
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