. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow by choosing the best option. # The Metal Man stands in a dark, dusty corner of the Tyburn College Museum. The visitor who gives it a closer view marvels at the silent tragedy in the set, determined expression and at the peculiar mark upon the chest. It is a six-sided blot, of a deep crimson hue, with strange pink lines radiating from it. Of course it is generally known that the Metal Man was once Professor Thomas Kelvin of the Geology Department. # For some years he had been spending his summer vacations along the Pacific coast of Mexico, prospecting for radium. Evidently he had been successful beyond his wildest dreams. He did not come to Tyburn but we heard stories of him selling millions of dollars worth of salts of radium and giving as much to institutions employing radium treatment. And it was said that he was sick of a strange disorder that defied the world’s best specialists and that he was pouring out his millions in the establishment of scholarships and endowments as if he expected to die soon. # One cold stormy day, when the sea was running high on the unprotected coast which the cottage overlooks, I saw a sail out to the North. Soon a boat had put off in the direction of the shore. The sea was not so rough as to make the landing hazardous, but the proceeding was rather unusual, and, as I had nothing better to do, I went out in the yard before my modest house. When the boat touched shore, four men sprang out and rushed it up higher on the sand. # As a fifth tall man arose in the stern, the four picked up a great chest and started in my direction. The fifth man, hard-faced Yankee skipper, walked up to me and said gruffly, “I am Captain McAndrews.” “I’m glad to meet you, Captain,” I said, wondering. “There must be some mistake. I was not expecting —”“Not at all,” he said abruptly. “The man in that chest was transferred to my ship from the liner Plutonia three days ago. He has paid me for my services, and I believe his instruction have been carried out. Good day, sir.” He turned on his heel and started away. “A man in the chest!” I exclaimed.
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following Questions by choosing the most appropriate option.
(i) Where was the Metal Man kept?
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(a) In the chest carried by the ship
(b) On the beach near the narrator’s home
(c) In the Tyburn College Museum
(d) None of these
(ii) Why is the Metal Man referred to as a ‘silent tragedy’?
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(a) Because he is silent
(b) Because he is dead
(c) Because he has a crimson blot on his chest
(d) None of these
(iii) Which word in paragraph 2 is a synonym of ‘using’?
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(a) spending
(b) employing
(c) selling
(d) pouring
(iv) Which word in paragraph 1 is a synonym of‘wonders’?
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(a) responsible
(b) expression
(c) marvels
(d) strange
(v) Which of the following words in paragraph 2 is an antonym of ‘normal’?
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(a) strange
(b) spending
(c) peculiar
(d) abnormal
(vi) Which of the following words used in paragraph 3 means the same as ‘small’?
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(a) overlooks
(b) tiny
(c) poor
(d) modest
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Answer:
Conservation of momentum is a fundamental law of physics, which states that the total momentum of an isolated system is conserved. ... In other words, the total momentum of a system of objects remains constant during any interaction, if no external force acts on the system.
Answer:
1. The metal man mentioned in the preceding paragraph was kept in a dimly lit corner of the Tyburn College museum. Thus, we can safely state that option C is the answer to the abovementioned question.
2. A closer look reveals the silent tragedy in the set, determined expression, as well as the strange mark on the chest. It's a six-sided blot with strange pink lines radiating from it that's deep crimson in colour. The answer to the abovementioned will thus be option C.
3. The synonym of the word "using" as mentioned in paragraph 2 is "spending". Thus, we can safely claim option C as the right answer.
4. The synonym of the word "wonders" as mentioned in paragraph 1 is the word, "marvels". Thus, we can conclude option C is the right answer.
5. The antonym of the word "normal" as mentioned in paragraph 2 is the word, "peculiar". Thus, we can conclude that option c is the right answer.
6. The word similar to "small" is "modest" in the abovementioned paragraph 3. Hence, option D is the right answer.
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