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I. People of different vocations are being described in the poem. Match the vocations given in the box below with the descriptions that follow.
ASHA worker
confectioner
sericulturist
welder
horticulturist
goldsmith
1. A person who studies or grows garden plants:
horticulturist
How to answer:
Break the word into parts or connect it to a worker you have seen — the root of the word is the clue.
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Why:
“Horti” comes from the Latin word for
garden
— a horticulturist studies and grows
garden plants
.
2. A trained female community health worker:
ASHA worker
How to answer:
Break the word into parts or connect it to a worker you have seen — the root of the word is the clue.
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Why:
ASHA =
Accredited Social Health Activist
— a trained
female
health worker who serves her community.
3. A producer of raw silk:
sericulturist
How to answer:
Break the word into parts or connect it to a worker you have seen — the root of the word is the clue.
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Why:
Sericulture
is the rearing of silkworms to produce
raw silk
; the person who does it is a sericulturist.
4. A person whose job is making or selling sweets and chocolates:
confectioner
How to answer:
Break the word into parts or connect it to a worker you have seen — the root of the word is the clue.
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Why:
Sweets and chocolates are called
confectionery
; the maker or seller is a
confectioner
.
5. A metalworker who specialises in working with precious metals:
goldsmith
How to answer:
Break the word into parts or connect it to a worker you have seen — the root of the word is the clue.
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Why:
A
goldsmith
works with
precious metals
like gold and silver to make jewellery and fine objects.
6. A person who fuses materials together:
welder
How to answer:
Break the word into parts or connect it to a worker you have seen — the root of the word is the clue.
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Why:
To
weld
is to join (fuse) metal pieces with heat — a
welder
fuses materials together.
Did You Know
Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) is a group of community health workers employed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) as a part of India’s National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
II. Identify the word from Column 2 that is not the synonym of the words given in Column 1.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| 1. myriad | (i) countable, innumerable, numerous, abundant |
| 2. hues | (ii) shades, tints, drawing, colour |
| 3. precision | (iii) exactness, accuracy, correctness, calculation |
| 4. varied | (iv) assorted, diverse, uniform, different |
| 5. delicious | (v) mouth-watering, inedible, tasty, flavourful |
Show the odd word out in each row, with reasons.
How to answer:
First fix the meaning of the Column 1 word, then test each Column 2 word against it — one will not fit (it may even be the opposite).
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| Column 1 | Odd word out | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 1. myriad | countable | “Myriad” means countless / a very large number — innumerable, numerous, abundant all match; countable is the opposite. |
| 2. hues | drawing | “Hues” means colours — shades, tints, colour match; a drawing is a picture, not a colour. |
| 3. precision | calculation | “Precision” means being exact — exactness, accuracy, correctness match; calculation is the act of computing, not exactness itself. |
| 4. varied | uniform | “Varied” means of many different kinds — assorted, diverse, different match; uniform means all the same, the opposite. |
| 5. delicious | inedible | “Delicious” means very tasty — mouth-watering, tasty, flavourful match; inedible means not fit to eat at all. |
