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English II · End Term · 30 Apr 2023 · January 2023 term · Set QPF1-S2

Question 13: “In the early days, train travel could be dirty”. Why wa…

Question 13

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“In the early days, train travel could be dirty”. Why was it so?

  1. A

    The coaches were never clean

  2. B

    The passengers never showered or cleaned themselves when in train

  3. C

    The smoke from the engine could not be kept away from the rest of the train

  4. D

    The trains had no trash cans

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  • C

    The smoke from the engine could not be kept away from the rest of the train

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Question 13 of 65 in the IIT Madras BS English II (English 2) End Term paper sat on 30 Apr 2023, in the January 2023 term (IIT M FOUNDATION ET1 EXAM QPF1 S2 30 Apr 2023). It carries 2 marks.

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