Verbal Ability ( Mixed )

'Scarcity' means dearth of something or something in less quantity. On contrary, 'plenty' means abundance of something.

'Loathe' means to feel intense dislike, disgust, or hatred for something/somebody. 'Love' means to like something.

'Dormant' means sleeping, quiet, still, inoperative or inactive. Its opposite is 'active' that means dynamic and alive.

'Mundane' means 'of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.' On contrary, 'remarkable'  means unusual, extraordinary or celestial.

Stealthily means characterized by stealth; secret, furtive, or sly.

Option 2 is the right choice as it means agreeing completely; united in opinion.

'Anthology' is a collection of poems, stories, songs, excerpts, etc., chosen by the compiler.

Abdicate means to give up formally (a high office, throne, authority, etc.). Root 'Ab' means to give away.

Panacea means a supposed remedy, cure, or medicine for all diseases or ills; cure-all.

To cheat explains the correct meaning of the given phrase.

Patricide means the act of murdering one's father. Root 'patri' means father, and 'cide' means killing.

Burning the candles at both ends means overtaxing one's energies.

Null and void means non operative or dormant.

'Taking someone to task' means 'criticising somebody'.

Walking on air means to be very happy.

While changing a direct sentence into an indirect one, we keep in mind two major things - reported verb and reported speech. It is a transitive sentence , so reported verb 'said to' will become 'said that'. If reported speech is in present perfect tense, then in an indirect sentence it changes into past perfect tense. Thus, option 3.

While changing a direct sentence into an indirect one, we keep in mind two major things - reported verb and reported speech. Here, reported verb is in past tense (said), so the right substitution for this is 'advised'. No auxilary is required. Reported speech 'Don't pretend' will change into 'not to pretend'. Thus, option 1.

While changing a direct sentence into an indirect one, we keep in mind two major things - reported verb and reported speech. Reported verb in past remains in past in indirect speech. So, 'fox muttered that'. Also, if reported verb is in past tense, reported speech too changes into past tense. So, the grapes were sour.

Option 2 is the right answer.

While changing a direct sentence into an indirect one, we keep in mind two major things - reported verb and reported speech. Here, the reported verb said to (which is in the past tense) will remain in the past tense. As it is a warning so 'said to' will become 'warned'. Subject of the reported speech will become an object, so 'me' will be replaced by 'him'.

Option 1 is the right answer.

'Promotion' means advancement in rank, grade, or position. On contrary, 'demotion' means degrading.

Option 3 is the right answer.

Option 4 is the right answer.

Option 1 is the right answer.