Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
The Green Blazer stood out prominently under the bright sun and blue sky. In all that jostling crowd one could not help noticing it. Villagers in shirts and turbans, townsmen in coats and caps, beggars bare-bodied, and women in multi-coloured saris were thronging the narrow passage between the stalls, and moving in great confused masses, but still the Green Blazer could not be missed. The jabber and babble of the market place was there, as people harangued, disputed prices, haggled, or greeted each other; over it all boomed the voice of a Bible-preacher and, when he paused for breath, from another corner the loudspeaker of a health van amplified on malaria and tuberculosis. Over and above it all the Green Blazer seemed to cry out an invitation. Raju could not ignore it. It was not in his nature to ignore such a persistent invitation. He kept himself half-aloof from the crowd: he could not afford to remain completely aloof nor keep himself in it too conspicuously. Wherever he might be he was harrowed by the fear of being spotted by a policeman; today he wore a loin-cloth and was bare-bodied, and had wound an enormous turban over his head, which over-shadowed his face completely, and he hoped that he would be taken for a peasant from a village.
He sat on a stack of cast-off banana stalks beside a shop awning and watched the crowd. When he watched a crowd he did it with concentration. It was his professional occupation. Constitutionally he was an idler and had just the amount of energy to watch in a crowd and put his hand into another person’s pocket. It was a gamble, of course. Sometimes he got nothing out of a venture, counting himself lucky if he came out with his fingers intact.
Match the phrasal verbs given in List-I with the meaning as used in the passage given in List-II:
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List-I |
List-II |
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(A) stood out |
(I) in place of |
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(B) taken for |
(II) no longer wanted |
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(C) cast off |
(III) demand |
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(D) cry out |
(IV) noticeable |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) stood out | (IV) noticeable | To stand out is to be easy to see because it is different. The Green Blazer stood out prominently in the crowd. | Her bright yellow umbrella stood out in the rain. |
| (B) taken for | (I) in place of | To be taken for someone is to be mistaken for them, seen as someone else. Raju hoped people would see a peasant in place of a pickpocket. | With his grey beard he is often taken for his father. |
| (C) cast off | (II) no longer wanted | Cast-off things are thrown away because no one wants them. Raju sat on a stack of cast-off banana stalks. | The children played in cast-off clothes from the attic. |
| (D) cry out | (III) demand | To cry out for something is to call for it strongly, to demand it. The Green Blazer seemed to cry out an invitation. | These dusty rooms cry out for a good cleaning. |
Note: Pair (B) fits only by elimination. "Taken for" means mistaken for; "in place of" is only a loose fit, but it is the nearest of the meanings left once the other three pairs are matched.