Verbal Ability (Mixed)

 Soup is the first course of a meal, and dessert is the last course. The relationship is that of beginning and end. Option 3 agrees with this relationship. Sunlight appears at the start of day, and twilight appears at night.

 Rain make up a river, the same relationship is seen in stars:sky. 

 The relationship is in reference to space, i.e one is above in space, and the other is below in space. The same relationship is present in option 5.

 The relationship is that of a pronoun in subjective case and a pronoun in possessive case. The same relationship is seen in option 1, where 'He' is in subjective case and 'His' is the possessive case.

 A 'reckoning force' means a force to be aware of, something that cannot be ignored.

 The other end of fact is fiction.

 There is no error.

 We use to the word 'inspire' as it moved the people to dedicate their lives to the nation.

 Both the words are synonyms. Innocuous and harmless have the same meaning. All the options have opposite words except option 4.

'Long and short' is considered to be one term, hence, the verb should be singular. It should be ' is that the whole department'.

 The relationship is that of a furnace and the item that is produced or made in a furnace. Oven: Cakes is the closest option.

The sentence structure We thought X but we were Y requires a word that means discovered our belief was false. While wronged means treated badly, made fools means tricked, and mistaken means incorrect, deceived specifically means led to believe something untrue, which fits the context of believing in false miraculous powers.

 Tentative means 'experimental' or 'provisional'.

 Privation means lack of the usual comforts of life.

Impetuous means rash or hasty, while caution is carefulness - they are opposites showing lack vs. presence of a quality. Similarly, excessive means too much while moderation is the quality of being moderate or controlled - they show the same opposite relationship. Arduous:easy, impassive:diligent, and ingenuous:fake don't show this clear opposite pairing.

 Valour means 'heroic courage'.

'Everyone' will be followed by a singular verb. It should be ' has applied'.

 The relationship is of a product and the raw material used to make the product. Thread is made of cotten, like noodles are made of flour.

 Portfolio is the total holdings of the securities. Likewise, classroom:students bear the same relationship.

Expedition means a journey for some specific purpose. 

 The relationship is that of an action and a noun which is destroyed by that activity. E.g, embezzling breaks trust.  

 It should be ' the crew were taken into custody'. If the collective noun (crew) is being regarded as a collection of individual members, then the collective noun is followed by a plural verb. Singular verbs are used when the group is being thought of a single unit.

'Anyone' is singular, hence the corresponding pronoun will be singular as well.  It should be ' as long as he/she is willing'.

 Zealous means 'very active, full of zeal or energy to do something'.

 Scrupulous means very careful, precise and exact.