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Correct answer :(4) As the sentence has all other verbs in Present Tenses, so to maintain the parallelism 'don't care' is the right answer.

Correct answer :- 2  As the subject 'The growing number' is singular, it agrees with a singular verb.

 The only right expression when examination is considered. You 'take' an examination, you don't 'give' an examination. 'Appeared' takes a 'for' with it; 'appeared for' a test.  

Correct answer : - 1 The sentence is in Simple Past Tense (hint: last year).

Correct answer :- 3  The  First 'if' condition applies here If + Simple Present Tense+ any Tense

Correct answer :- 2 'Twenty kilometers' is treated as one distance.

Correct answer :- 4 The word 'recently' is also used in Simple Present but  Present Perfect is a better choice.

Correct answer:- 4 'Must' used in this sentence indicates strong determination. No other option fits here. Hence (4) is the right answer.

Correct Answer:3  'Listen' indicates an action that is presently going on.   

Correct answer :-2 To maintain  parallelism , the first part of the sentense has 'before' as a time phrase of the past, therefore the second part of the sentence will have ' had' in it.

(1) Correct; because Dawkins and his fellow socio-biologists are 'setting the stage' for a selfish culture, they would have to be initiators of the process. Herald angel describes their role aptly. (2) Incorrect; a forecaster would be someone who predicts something. Here Dawkins is setting the stage for 'I got mine' age. He is making it happen, not predicting it will happen. (3) Incorrect; a prophet would be one man advocating a belief. Here, Dawkins, and his fellow socio-biologists, are hawking the 'I got me' age. (4) Correct; because Dawkins and his colleagues are ushering in a new culture of selfishness, he and his colleagues can be called the harbingers of the culture. (5) Incorrect; a soothsayer would be someone who foresees/ predicts a certain event. Here, Dawkins is accused of advocating the culture. (6) Incorrect; Dawkins cannot be the spoiler of a selfish culture if he is helping set the stage for 'I got mine' culture.

'With which' they 'are' concerned. The sentence is in the present tense.

'Set foot' is the correct usage in the context of specific time.

There 'are' countless stars. We are talking of a universal truth here.

The choice is only between options (2) and (5). But the statement is general, not about a particular period. Hence, (2)