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Arnav kaul from Chirec, Hyderabad
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
Hot air balloons fly because they are lighter than air. The balloon itself is actually called an envelope as it is not sealed on the underside. The hole, or opening, underneath enables hot air to be pushed into it which is lighter than the air around it and so the balloon rises in the sky. When you attach a basket underneath that can carry passengers, it can become an ideal activity for tourists as they can soar high above the landscape below and experience a unique view.
This form of travel is associated with adventure and romance. ‘It is brought to life in fiction, like in film adaptations of the ingenious travel book ‘Around the World in 80 Days' that plots Phineas Fogg's famous journey to circumnavigate the globe, and ‘Up' a film in which an elderly man uses more than just one balloon.' Here, the story focusses around a house that can fly as it has a lot of balloons attached to it. These are not filled with hot air but with helium which is a gas that is lighter than air, so it rises and so does the house. ‘This may sound like an imbecilic and impossible idea in reality, but it is not.'
In the 1980's an American truck driver invented what is now called cluster ballooning, when he attached weather balloons to his garden chair and allegedly flew 15,000 ft. up into the air. More recently, a British man has succeeded in reaching a height of 8,000 ft., whilst strapped to a camping chair attached to 100 helium filled balloons. To descend, he had to cut balloons off one by one and this enabled him to land safely just north of Johannesburg, South Africa. He did not fly all the way from home, the climatic conditions in South Africa were better for his crazy adventure, so he and his team decided to give it a go there instead. The balloons he used were not quite like those in the movie, they were bigger and stronger, but still multicoloured. In 2015, a Canadian man made a similarly inspiring flight, but he ended up with a large fine for dangerous operation of an aircraft.
As a man can be lifted by helium balloons, this may mean that it is possible to lift a house, high up into the atmosphere, in a similar way. However, this might depend on what the house was like. In the film mentioned previously, the house is made of wood and does not have any foundations, so it is light and not attached strongly to the ground. This makes it the ideal type of house to be transported with balloons. If you wanted to move a brick house instead, this might prove tricky. For one, it is likely to fall apart if you remove it from its concrete foundations, and even if it is still in one piece, will probably be just too heavy to lift with balloons, no matter how many. In the future, it is likely that someone will try this feat, the question is, how high can a house fly?
The British man flew his chair _____.

A from Britain to South Africa
B in Canada
C around America
D in South Africa

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Arnav kaul from Chirec, Hyderabad
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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Reyansh Das from Chirec International School, Hyderabad
Class : Class 7
yup agree with the comma

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Dhriti Das Purkayastha from Inventure Academy, Bangalore
Class : Class 7
Yup.

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Soumyaraj Roy from Kendriya Vidyalaya , Thiruvananthapuram
Class : Class 7
I think that he is a SOF agent !!!!!!!!!

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Aaditya Govil from Suncity School , Gurgaon
Class : Class 5
There needs to be a comma after... Seriously, as you can see

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Soumyaraj Roy from Kendriya Vidyalaya , Thiruvananthapuram
Class : Class 7
Can anyone tell who is Rewisewise from Noida ? His answers are labelled as master answers saying that he has answered first so it is master ans. But when we answer first , then also it is his only !

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Alina Chattopadhyay from Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, South Delhi
Class : Class 6
I agree with the comma too.

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Alina Chattopadhyay from Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, South Delhi
Class : Class 6
@Soumyaraj Roy the master answerer is a verified person in SOF. He has answered to prevent any confusions.

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Darshika Sundar Sahu from Billabong High International, Vadodara
Class : Class 5

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Arnav kaul from Chirec, Hyderabad
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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Vidhya M from Vibgyor High Bannerghatta, Bangalore
Class : Class 7
B is the antonym of complementary and not complimentary.

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Mohammed Najl from Credence high school Dubai, Dubai
Class : Class 5
Oh wait it’s B

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Samadrita Basu from The Newtown School, Kolkata
Class : Class 6
A

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Mannat Verma from Vivek High School , Chandigarh
Class : Class 6
a

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Mohammed Najl from Credence high school Dubai, Dubai
Class : Class 5
A

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Bhargavi Salunkhe from Elpro International School, Pune
Class : Class 10

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Arnav kaul from Chirec, Hyderabad
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

Ans 1:

Bhargavi Salunkhe from Elpro International School, Pune
Class : Class 10

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Anushka Debnath from Ashok Hall, Kolkata
Class : Class 5
The answer is d which is optimistic.

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Mannat Verma from Vivek High School , Chandigarh
Class : Class 6
no

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CHIRAG KHORIA from EVERGREEN PUBLIC SCHOOL, MAYNAGURI
Class : Class 5
Cynical's antonym is optimisticGo check the dictionary Mannat

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Aanya Neelee from Apeejay Nerul , Navi Mumbai
Class : Class 5
D

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Aaditya Govil from Suncity School , Gurgaon
Class : Class 5
Optimistic

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Arnav kaul from Chirec, Hyderabad
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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Anusha Agarwal from DPS Sector 122 NOIDA, Noida
Class : Class 5
a

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Uthra from DAV Girls senior secondary school , Chennai
Class : Class 5
I also think a is right

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Prapti Kumar from GD Birla Center For Education, Kolkata
Class : Class 9
i agree

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Kyra Vashishtha from Gurukul the School, Ghaziabad
Class : Class 5
Option A is correct but it is showing D as the correct answer.

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Mathamagician from BGSNPS, Bengaluru
Class : Class 6
No. It is d)

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CHIRAG KHORIA from EVERGREEN PUBLIC SCHOOL, MAYNAGURI
Class : Class 5
i think a is also right

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Dia Tandon from Fravashi International Academy, Nasik
Class : Class 7
even i think it is a

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Samarth Sabari from GIIS, Singapore
Class : Class 9
I also think a is right.

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SHAYON DAS from AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA
Class : Class 5
A IS RIGHT BUT D IS THE ANSWER

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Uthra from DAV Girls senior secondary school , Chennai
Class : Class 5
It is not d it is a

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Ojas Paranjape from Gems Modern Academy, Dubai
Class : Class 3
It could be both

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TPP BOILERS PVT LTD from poddar international school, BARODA
Class : Class 5
I am pretty sure that it is a

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SHAYON DAS from AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA
Class : Class 5
MASTER ANSWER OR ADMIN PLEASE ANSWER

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Vanya Agarwal from Lokhandwala Foundation School, Mumbai
Class : Class 6
Agreed...even i think the same

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Naitik from Delhi Public School Noida, Noida
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 3

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Vighnesh from DYPIS, Navi Mumbai
Class : Class 3
I selected D

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from Rajhans Vidyalaya, Mumbai
Class : Class 5
1

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Ivan Tyagi from Chirec International School , Hyderabad
Class : Class 8
A

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Kashika Goel from DPS Noida, Noida
Class : Class 7
a

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from Rajhans Vidyalaya, Mumbai
Class : Class 5
1

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Nihira Tiwari from Delhi public school electronic city, Bengaluru
Class : Class 6
A

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Mayank Paul from Saint Edmunds School, Shillong
Class : Class 3
1

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Aditya Mathpal from Rustomjee Cambridge International School, Mumbai
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 8

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Baskar Teddy 23 Baskar from Vivekananda English medium high school , mylavaram
Class : Class 8
Into

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Baskar Teddy 23 Baskar from Vivekananda English medium high school , mylavaram
Class : Class 8
Into

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Iba Khan from DPS , Noida
Class : Class 8
into as the character "Mario" had gone through a change of surroundings.... first he was outside the car and then he got into the car and drove away. to indicate a change of surroundings, we use the preposition 'into'

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Kartik sharma from Somaiya school, Mumbai
Class : Class 3
answer=into

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Aditya Mathpal from Rustomjee Cambridge International School, Mumbai
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 8

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Aditya Mathpal from Rustomjee Cambridge International School, Mumbai
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 8

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Dhruti Kedilaya from Podar International School Powai, Mumbai
Class : Class 8

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Bipasana from KV IIT Kanpur, Kanpur
Class : Class 9
It's "the lurch".

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Aaryan Mehta from Anand Niketan Satellite International, Ahmedabad
Class : Class 9

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Aaryan Mehta from Anand Niketan Satellite International, Ahmedabad
Class : Class 9

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Sharvari Joshi from VIBGYOR High Balewadi, Pune
Class : Class 9
the answer should be A right I don't think it should be C

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ABHIRAM from chirec, HYDERABAD
Class : Class 10
It should be A

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Harshith from Kennedy the global school, Hyderabad
Class : Class 8
Even I had the same doubt, but now I understood that it is THE lurch, as in leave someone in the lurch.

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Harshini Mahesh from NHVPS BANGALORE, Bengaluru
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 4

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SIDDHARTH KUMAR CHATTERJEE from NAVY CHILDREN SCHOOL , CHICALIM
Class : Class 7
Trainers can make mistakes.

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Arjun120914 from St. Andrews world school, Ghaziabad
Class : Class 5
Its brainstorming !

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Savya Sanjay Agarwal from Don Bosco High School, Naigaon East
Class : Class 4
this is weirdalmost nobody knows barnstorming is a word(so do I)it means to tour through rural districts staging usually theatrical performances.

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Hridaan Chakraborty from chrysalis high horamavu, Bangalore
Class : Class 4
You can't search on google during an exam!

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Bhavikaa kedia from Anand Niketan Satellite, Ahmedabad
Class : Class 5
Barnstorming is an actual word

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Aajani Datta from The Samhita Academy, Bangalore
Class : Class 5
Yes ,you are right Sasha. Barnstorming is actually supposed to be brainstorming

Ans 7:

Aarnav Grover from Anand Niketan Shilaj, Ahmedabad
Class : Class 9

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Aratrik Pal from DPS Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam
Class : Class 5

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Meghana from NEC, Bangalore
Class : Class 4

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Baibhab Mishra from City Pride, pune
Class : Class 4
https://www.google.com/search?q=barnstorming

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Mohhika Sharma from Delhi Public School Greater Noida, Greater Noida
Class : Class 7
Yes, Aajani, I also think barnstorming should be brain storming.But if you will search Google, it will show a result and that means that it is correctly spelled.

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Kaashvi murdia from Dps, Udaipur
Class : Class 4
THE CORRECT ANSWER SHOULD BE BRAINSTORMING

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FIONA GOMES from LOTUS VALLEY GURGAON, Gurgaon
Class : Class 4
the answer is [c] only

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Aajani Datta from The Samhita Academy, Bangalore
Class : Class 5

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Sasha Ganesh Kumar from KHS Aundh , Pune
Class : Class 4
lasvious and BARNstorming are both wrong

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Shashwat from Lotus Valley International School, Gurgaon
Class : Class 4
No,barnstorming is a word,so the answer should be (C).

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Soumyaraj Roy from Kendriya Vidyalaya , Thiruvananthapuram
Class : Class 7
It is wrong. All of you are right.

Ans 18:

Abeer Mashru from Harvest International, Bangalore
Class : Class 5
the answer should be brainstorming

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Soumyaraj Roy from Kendriya Vidyalaya , Thiruvananthapuram
Class : Class 7
I also have a dought about it.

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Maitreyee from Jayshree Periwal High School, Jaipur
Class : Class 8
It should be lasvious because it`s written by the trainers

Ans 21:

Soumyaraj Roy from Kendriya Vidyalaya , Thiruvananthapuram
Class : Class 7

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Kahaan Gupta from Navrachana Sama , Vadodara
Class : Class 5
Answer should be C

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