Question

Pick out the option that DOES NOT list the feeling/s the writer expresses about the fact the
Goan non-literates know more languages than the town-dwelling graduates.
1) hope
2) astonishment
3) concern
4) surprise
5) apprehension

Answer 1

Answer:apprehension

Explanation:

Answer 2

2. "Astonishment" is the correct answer.

Explanation:

• In the passage it says that it is really astounding to know that Goan non-literates are more multilingual compared to those literates.
• Astounding means astonishing. Though the exact word is not given in options, the most appropriate synonym of 'astounding', 'astonishment' is given.
• Therefore that is the answer.
• The feeling the writer expresses about the fact the Goan non-literates know more languages than the town-dwelling graduates is 'astonishment'.