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Phrasal usage: 'Deaf to' means to ignore what someone says.

All the options, except option 1, are used for countable nouns. But here we require an option for uncountable noun i.e. 'rice'.

Verb 'debarred' always take preposition 'from'. It means 'to keep (a person) from some right or privilege; exclude; bar'.

This is not a comparative sentence, so options 1 & 2 eliminated. Moreover infinitive 'to' is not required. So, option 3.

Whenever we treat a person as a dignity we use article 'the' for the reference.

Second part of the sentence implies that no money has been recieved from mum. So, 'any' is the correct usage. Now, between 'a little' and 'some' (to fill the first blank), we choose 'some'.

Whenever we take a person as a celibrity, we use article 'the'.

The sentence implies that we are talking about a person who is also the subject of the sentence. So, we will use the pronoun 'who'.

'On a diet' is an idiomatic usage that means 'trying to lose weight by eating less food or specific foods'.

Here to qualify the verb 'shook the head' we require an adjective, and not an adverb. Thus, option 1.

Case of vocabulary usage. Whenever we refer to 'capacity to accomodate' of a place or a thing, we use 'room' for the same.

Verb 'denied' does not take infinitive 'to'. Thus, option 3.

Phrasal usage. 'Worse off' means in a worse situation or condition.

Phrasal usage' 'Stave off' means 'to ward off, hold off, or put off, as by force, guile, etc'.

 The word should be 'requires' or 'demands'. Since option 2 is 'require', the correct answer would be 'demands'.