Question
POISONOUS (i) An island in Brazil is full of
poisonous snakes. (ii) Many farmers are not aware that fertilizers are poisonous to humans too. (iii) A poisonous brown recluse spider crawled into a woman’s ear as she was taking a Safari tour. In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentences in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.Solution
The meaning of the word “Poisonous” is “capable of causing death if taken into the body”. (i) Incorrect - Snakes are venomous and not poisonous as they are not taken into the body. (ii) Correct - Fertilizers are poisonous as they can cause death if taken into the body. (iii) Incorrect – Spiders are venomous and not poisonous as they are not taken into the body.
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