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EnglishComprehension - (Narrative / Factual)

Choose the odd one out on the basis of your reading of the passage.

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:-

I had never seen a house on fire before. So, one evening when I heard fire engines with loud alarm bells rushing past my house, I quickly ran out and, a few streets away, joined a large crowed of people, but we could see the fire only from a distance because the police would not allow any one near the building on fire.

What a terrible scene I saw that day. Huge flames of fire were coming out of each floor, and black and thick smoke spread all around. Every now and then tongues of fire would shoot up almost sky-high, sending huge sparks of fire all around.

Three fire engines were busily engaged and the firemen in their dark uniforms were playing the hose on various parts of the building. Then the tall red ladders of the fire engine were stretched upwards and could see some firemen climbing up with hoses in their hands. On reaching almost the top of the ladder, they began to pour floods of water on the topmost part of the building. This continuous flooding brought the fire under control but the building was completely destroyed.

While fire is a blessing in many ways, it can also be a great danger to human life and property.

Choose the odd one out on the basis of your reading of the passage.

Answer & explanation+

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → house

Flames, tongues and sparks are all used in the passage for the fire itself: "huge flames of fire", "tongues of fire would shoot up", "sending huge sparks of fire all around". A house is not a part or form of fire, so it is the odd one out.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 2: flames — Incorrect. Flames are the burning, glowing gas of a fire: "Huge flames of fire were coming out of each floor."

Option 3: tongues — Incorrect. "Tongues of fire" is a metaphor for long, thin flames that shoot up like tongues.

Option 4: sparks — Incorrect. Sparks are tiny burning pieces thrown out by a fire, which the leaping flames sent all around.

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