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Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them:The cyclonic storm that crossed the coast near Kakinada in East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, soon after midnight, caused much havoc. It is reported to have claimed over 217 lives and left a trail of destruction in its wake. Official sources told this newspaper that 178 people had been killed in East Godavari district, which bore the brunt of the ‘Zero Seven B’ storm that hit the area at a wind speed of 130- 160 kmph.Sixty agricultural labourers were crossing the Godavari from Yelekalanka to Kotipally, It was then that the cyclone hit them. Winds like powerful battering rams raged across. The boats in which the farmworkers were travelling were tossed about like toys in a bathtub. Needless to say, none survived. Man had no defence against this giant angry storm. On the coast, about 150 were reportedly killed as houses and walls collapsed and trees were uprooted.(1) Which region of Andhra Pradesh was affected by the cyclone?(2) What are the boats in the storm compared to?(3) How did people on the coast lose their lives(4) Pick out the phrases meaning :(a) to suffer the worst part of an unpleasant situation,(b) Spread across some regions with great intensity and destructive force.

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(1) The East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh was affected by the cyclone.

(2) The boats in the storm are compared to toys in a bathtub.

(3) People on the coast lost their lives when walls and houses collapsed and trees were uprooted by the fierce storm.

(4) The phrases are :
(a) bear the brunt of
(b) raged across.



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