Question

3) The synonym of the word "among" in para 1 is​

Answer 1

The synonym of among is amid.

In order to identify the synonym of a given word,  

1. You first need to understand the meaning of that word and its usage.

2. Next look for a word with the same meaning in the text.

Among is a word used when there are more than two people or things. So, it is a bit of a crowd. In the given paragraph, look for a ‘crowd’ or a ‘bunch’ of things. Though school children can be considered, there is no mention of anything ‘among’ them. The last line of the paragraph however, mentions a host of terracotta animals. Hence the correct word is ‘amid’.

Answer 2

with,amid can both be synonym of among