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    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.
    A Only (i) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only (ii) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both (i) and (iii) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D (i), (ii) and (iii) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    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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