The correct answer is amateur.

Key Points

• Amateur: a person who takes part in a sport or an activity for pleasure, not for money as a job.  
  • Example: Jerry is an amateur who dances because he feels like it. 
• Thus, the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words is option 2.

Additional Information

• Pariah: an outcast.
• Patron: a person who gives money and support to artists, writers and musicians.
• Eccentric: (used about people or their behaviour) strange or unusual.

The correct answer is 'additives'.

Key Points

• The correct word to complete the sentence is "additives."
• "Additives" refer to substances that are added to food items during processing or production to enhance their flavor, appearance, texture, or shelf life. These substances can include preservatives, flavor enhancers, colorants, and stabilizers.
• They are used to improve the overall quality and characteristics of food products. 
• Thus, the correct answer is Option 1.

Correct Sentence: My cousin owns a shop of food additives.

The correct answer is: B

Key Points

• The past perfect tense is used to express an action that was completed before another past action or point in time.
• It is often employed to show the sequence of two past events.
  • Structure: Subject + had + past participle of the main verb + Object
  • Example: She had already eaten dinner when I arrived.
• "They had played basketball before it started to rain," is in the past perfect tense.
• It adheres to the structure for the past perfect tense, with the subject "they," the past perfect of the auxiliary verb "had," and the past participle of the main verb "played".
• This construction indicates that the playing of basketball (action) occurred and was completed before the rain started (another past action).

Therefore, the correct answer is option 4.

Additional Information

• Option A is in the past continuous tense ("were playing").
• Option C is in the past perfect continuous tense ("had been playing").
• Option D is in the simple past tense ("played").

The correct answer s 'Accelerate'.

Key Points

• The one word for 'move faster' from the given options is-
• The marked option 'accelerate' means to move faster.
• Hence, the one word for 'move faster' is 'accelerate.'
• Thus, the correct answer is option 1.

The correct answer is 'very happy'.

Key Points

• The given Idiom 'cloud nine' means very happy.
  • Example : He was on cloud nine when he had completed all his tasks on time.
• Therefore, the correct meaning is 'very happy' and hence the correct answer is option 4.

The correct answer is "Percecution."

Key Points

• The correct spelling of the word is "persecution."
• The word means the act of harassing or oppressing someone, usually because of their beliefs or race. (अत्‍याचार, उत्‍पीड़न)
  • Example: They left the country out of fear of persecution.
• The error in spelling could be due to a typo or a lack of familiarity with the word.
• The correct answer is Option 3.

Additional Information

• Option 1 (Persistent) is spelled correctly and means continuing to exist or endure over a long period of time. (लंबे समय तक अस्तित्व में रहना या कायम रहना)
• Option 2 (Rabble) is spelled correctly and means a disorderly crowd of people. (शोरगुल करती या हिंसा पर उतारू भीड़; असंगठित भीड़)
• Option 4 (Deserted) is spelled correctly and means abandoned or left alone. (वीरान, परित्‍यक्त)

The correct answer is: Biology

Key Points

• Biology means the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior.
• So, it is clear that 'Biology' can be used as a one-word substitute for 'Study of living organisms​'

Therefore, the correct answer is option 3.

Additional Information

• Geology means the study of rocks, and of the way they are formed.
• Pathology means the study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and functional changes produced by them.
• Physiology means the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.

The correct answer is in both, good times and bad times.

Key Points

• The underlined segment 'through thick and thin' means in both, good times and bad times.
  • Example: She stood by me through thick and thin.
• Therefore, the meaning if the given idiom is given in option 1.

The correct answer is option 2), i.e., 'Disappear.'

Key Points 

• Let's look at the meanings of the given word and marked option:

Let's look at the meanings of the other given options:

• Hence from the given meanings, we find that 'Emerge' and 'Disappear' are antonyms.
• So, the correct answer is option 2.

Additional Information

• Let's look at the synonyms and antonyms for the given word 'Emerge':

• Synonyms: appear, arrive, come up, crop up, develop.
• Antonyms: abandon, decrease, disappear, drop, fall.

The correct answer is 'short'.

Key Points

• Walt Disney left school at a young age, indicating that his formal education was limited.
• The term "short" appropriately describes a limited duration or period.
• The passage mentions that Disney studied art for a brief or limited time before pursuing animation.
• The word "short" is commonly used to refer to a concise or abbreviated timeframe.

Therefore, the correct answer is 'Option 4'.

Complete Sentence: One of the most famous people in the world, Walt Disney left school at the age of sixteen and studied art for a short period of time.

Additional Information

• Option 1) "little" suggests an insufficient amount or quantity, which is not directly relevant to the context of Disney's art education.
• Option 2) "narrow" implies a restricted or confined scope, which is not explicitly mentioned in the passage.
• Option 3) "decreased" indicates a reduction or decline, which does not align with the idea of Disney's art studies.