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The correct answer is '1) Time will soon pass and it is a time to find one's love.'

 Key Points

• The poet emphasizes that youth is fleeting and that one should seize opportunities for love and enjoyment while one can.
• The imagery of gathering rosebuds and the encouragement to marry are symbolic of enjoying life and love in one's youth.

 Additional Information

• Options 2, 3, and 4 are either too narrow or not supported by the text of the poem.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option 1.

The correct answer is '4) Both A and B are true.'

 Key Points

• A. Gathering rosebuds symbolizes enjoying one's life and making the most of the present. It's a metaphor for seizing opportunities and pleasures while one can.
• B. The sun's setting is used as a metaphor for the inevitability of time passing and things coming to an end.

 Additional Information

• There is no support in the poem for the idea that either of these statements is false.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option 4.

The correct answer is: Archie has been made rich by the garment business.

Key Points

• Passive voice is formed by using the object of the active sentence as the subject of the passive sentence and adding a form of the verb "to be" and the past participle of the main verb.
• Structure of the Active Voice: Subject + Verb + Object
• Structure of the Passive Voice: Object+ Auxiliary verb (has been)+ 3^rd form of the Main verb (made) + Subject of the Active voice
• In this sentence, "Archie" is the object of the active sentence, so it becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
• The verb "has made" becomes "has been made" in the passive voice, and "rich" remains the same.
• The phrase "by the garment business" is added to show who performed the action in the active sentence.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1.

The correct answer is Option (4) i.e. 'mutilated'.

Key Points

• Mutilated : (किसी के शरीर का बुरी तरह अंग-भंग कर देना) - to damage somebody’s body very badly, often by cutting off parts.
• Example: The original manuscript was mutilated over the centuries.
• Hence, 'mutilated' is the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Therefore, the complete sentence is "Hitler’s concentration camps mutilated the bodies of the dead captives subsequently."

Additional Information 

• Conspired : (षड्यंत्र किया) - Make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.
• Example: They conspired to take over the company.
• Exaggerated : (अतिरेकीत) - Represent something as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.
• Example: He exaggerated his experience on his resume.
• Resounded : (प्रतिध्वनित हुआ) - Fill a place with sound; be loud enough to echo.
• Example: The hall resounded with laughter.

The correct answer is option 4) i.e. How beautiful is the morning today!

Key Points 

• An exclamatory sentence makes a statement that conveys strong emotion or excitement by using an exclamation mark (!).
• From the given options, only the fourth sentence has an exclamation mark (!) and is starting with the form 'How'.
• In the given sentence, the speaker believes "Today's morning is totally beautiful."
• Hence, "How beautiful is the morning today!" is the correct exclamatory sentence.

Additional Information 

• The most common way of defining exclamatory sentences is by function (purpose). From this perspective, a sentence is exclamatory if it ends with an exclamation mark (!).
• Another way of defining exclamatory sentences is by form. To be an exclamatory sentence in form, sentences must begin with "what or how", be non-interrogative.

Hinglish

• Exclamatory sentence एक ऐसा बयान देता है जो exclamation mark (!) का उपयोग करके मजबूत भावना या उत्तेजना व्यक्त करता है।
• दिए गए विकल्पों में से केवल चौथे वाक्य में exclamation mark (!) है और 'How' फॉर्म से शुरू हो रहा है।
• दिए गए वाक्य में, वक्ता का मानना ​​है कि "आज की सुबह पूरी तरह से सुंदर है।"
• इसलिए, "How beautiful is the morning today!" सही exclamatory sentence है।
• Exclamatory sentencesको परिभाषित करने का सबसे आम तरीका कार्य (उद्देश्य) है। इस दृष्टिकोण से, एक वाक्य  exclamatory  है यदि वह exclamation चिह्न (!) के साथ समाप्त होता है।
• विस्मयादिबोधक वाक्यों को परिभाषित करने का एक अन्य तरीका रूप है। रूप में विस्मयादिबोधक वाक्य होने के लिए, वाक्यों को "क्या या कैसे" से शुरू होना चाहिए, गैर-पूछताछ वाला होना चाहिए।

The correct answer is: By 2040, the Indian government will have controlled the growing population of India.

Key Points

• The sentence is in passive voice, with the subject (the growing population of India) receiving the action.
• To convert it to active voice, we need to make the subject the doer of the action.
• The Indian government is the doer of the action, so it should be the subject of the sentence in active voice.
• We also need to change the verb tense from future perfect passive to future perfect active.

Thus, option 2 is the correct answer.

The correct answer is: Repel.

Key Points

• Attract means to draw something towards oneself. (किसी चीज़ को अपनी ओर आकर्षित करना)
• Example: The sweet aroma of fresh flowers can attract bees.
• Marked option Repel means to push something away from oneself. (किसी चीज़ को अपने से दूर धकेलना)
• Example: The negative charge on the balloon repels the positive charge and causes it to move away from the balloon.
• As a result, Attract and Repel are antonyms of each other.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1.

Additional Information

• Entice means to attract or tempt someone with a desirable offer or promise. (किसी को वांछनीय प्रस्ताव या वादे से आकर्षित या प्रलोभित करना)
• Knock means to strike a surface with a sharp blow. (किसी सतह पर तेज़ प्रहार करना)
• Influence means to have an effect on someone or something. (किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु पर प्रभाव डालना)

The correct answer is "insufficient".

Key Points

• The word 'scarce' signifies something that is in short supply or not available in the required quantity. (कम)
• Example: Due to drought, freshwater has become scarce in the region.
• The correct word 'insufficient' implies something that is not enough or lacks the quantity or extent needed. (अपर्याप्त)
• Example: The funds raised for the project were insufficient for its completion.
• Hence, the correct synonym for 'scarce' is 'insufficient'.

Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 4".

Additional Information

• 'Adequate' means sufficient for a specific need or requirement (पर्याप्त). It is an antonym for 'scarce' as it suggests sufficiency rather than deficiency.
• 'Abundant' refers to a large quantity; plentifulness (प्रचुर). This word is also an antonym for 'scarce' as it implies an oversupply rather than a lack.
• 'Copious' signifies a large quantity or amount (बहुत सारा). This term, similar to 'abundant', is used to indicate a large supply, which opposes the meaning of 'scarce'.

The correct answer is "Rain not always falling at the right time of the year".

Key Points

• The passage points out the unfortunate factor as rain not always falling at the proper time of year or in sufficient quantities for the proper growth of plants.
• Providing adequate water to plants is not unfortunate. Hence, the first, third and fourth options are not correct.
• The writer has termed it as unfortunate not because rain is scarce, but because it does not always fall at the right time of the year or in sufficient quantities.
• Hence, the phrase 'rain not always falling at the right time of the year' captures this sentiment most accurately.

Therefore, the correct answer is, 'Option 2'.

Additional Information

• Rain supplying enough water to the plants: This option suggests a positive circumstance and not an unfortunate one.
• Rain falling in sufficient quantities: This also indicates a positive condition, which is not what the writer labels as unfortunate.
• Rain being scarce: Though scarcity of rain might present challenges, the particular unfortunate thing the writer specifies is the mistiming and insufficiency of rainfall.

The correct answer is "Bringing water to the crops by a network of surface ditches".

Key Points

• According to the passage, surface irrigation is defined as the method of bringing water to crops by a network of surface ditches.
• This method is utilized in tropical and Mediterranean countries due to their prevailing climatic conditions.
• Although it does mention that the water spreads over the surface and soaks into the ground, this is an effect of surface irrigation and not the definition itself.
• Thus, the choice 'water soaking into the ground' does not accurately represent the concept of surface irrigation.

Therefore, the correct answer is 'Option 1'.

Additional Information

• A network of ditches in tropical countries: The choice isn't entirely correct because it only focuses on one geographical area, whereas the method is not restricted to only tropical regions.
• A network of ditches in Mediterranean countries: This choice suffers from the same issue as the previous one.
• Water soaking into the ground: It's more of a result of the process than the method itself; hence, it does not correctly define surface irrigation.