Ted was now curious to find the largest number. He asked number $1$ , “Who is the largest number here?” $1$ replied, “I don’t know, ask $2$ .”
Ted went to $2$ who told him to ask $3$ . Similarly, every number told Ted to ask the next greater number. After asking a lot of numbers he realized that

he will find the largest number eventually

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that largest number must be invisible

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that numbers are pranking him

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he can never find the largest number because every number keeps telling to ask the next greater number

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Solution

The correct option is D
he can never find the largest number because every number keeps telling to ask the next greater number

Since, every number tells Ted to ask the next number, Ted will never be able to find the largest number. This is because there will always be a number larger than the largest number. That’s why it is said that there are infinite natural numbers.

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After that Ted asked $- 13$ about zero. He was shocked when it said that $0$ was kidnapped by the positive integers and that its house has always been empty.
How is this even possible that $0$ is not in the state of positive integers as well as negative integers?

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'Yes, that is right. Who told the answer??' you asked. When the dwarf who answered the question came forward, everybody gasped with surprise except the fellow mathematicians who became even angrier. When you asked his name, he told that his name was Shubhlin. He was the one who asked that question. Then you told, 'I am from India. The digit 0 was invented by the great Aryabhata in my country. Whole numbers are not the only numbers there. The question asked by Shubhlin does make sense. We have already found the answer to those questions.'

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Ted was now curious to find the largest number. He asked number 1, “Who is the largest number here?” 1 replied, “I don’t know, ask 2.” Ted went to 2 who told him to ask 3. Similarly, every number told Ted to ask the next greater number. After asking a lot of numbers he realized that