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An impersonal pronoun is commonly used to speak about impersonal things/ideas. ‘It’ is an impersonal pronoun that is used for this purpose. ‘It’ is used while speaking of the time, distance, weather or temperature. Since the given question is about the time, ‘It’ would be the apt pronoun. So the answer should be ‘It is six o’clock’. Thus option C is correct. On the other hand, the pronoun ‘she’ is a personal pronoun that is associated with a particular person. As we are speaking about time and not a person ‘she’ cannot be used. Hence option A is incorrect. Similarly, we cannot use ‘Mine’ because it is a possessive pronoun that is used to talk about things that belong to people. Since the sentence doesn’t speak about belonging, option B is incorrect. While ‘This’ is an example of demonstrative pronoun that points out the object/person that is near someone/something. It is not used to denote time. Thus option D is incorrect. 

A pronoun takes the place of a noun in a sentence. A personal pronoun is a pronoun that is associated with a particular person, like ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘they’. While an impersonal pronoun is commonly used to speak about inanimate objects/things. ‘It’ is an impersonal pronoun that is used for this purpose. In the given sentence the noun is a ‘spade’ therefore ‘it’ would be the apt answer. Thus option D is correct. On the other hand, ‘he’ and ‘she’ cannot be used since ‘spade’ is not a person. Thus options A and B are incorrect. ‘Who’ is an interrogative pronoun that is used to for asking questions. Since the sentence doesn’t pose a question, option C is incorrect.  

The subject pronouns can be divided into two general categories – Personal and impersonal pronouns. A personal pronoun is a pronoun that is associated with a particular person, like ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘they’. While an impersonal pronoun is commonly used to speak about inanimate objects/things. ‘It’ is an impersonal pronoun that is used for this purpose. On the other hand ‘what’, ‘who’ and ‘which’ are interrogative pronouns that are used for asking questions. They are not impersonal pronouns. Thus the given statement is false.

Distributive pronouns refer to people or things, one at a time. Each is a distributive pronoun which is used to see the members of a group/class as individuals. For example, in the sentence “Each of the kids in the class received a gift” we are trying to convey that each individual received a gift in spite of being a part of a class/group. It focuses on each person one at a time. Thus the given statement is true.

Personal subject pronouns act as the subject of a clause. We use them before a verb to show who is doing the verb. Like in this case, I did the verb of finishing task. Hence, the statement is non-erroneous and Option A is correct. 

The sentence indicates possession in third person singular subjective neuter, that is, the house's windows, hence "its". Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect. 

Since the reference is to an inanimate object, the window, third person neuter singular pronoun "it" must be used.  Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect. 

If the pronoun is receiving the action, it is called a direct object. Object pronouns are always used when the antecedent is a direct object. Here, the action of listening is directed towards the news. The object pronoun for third person neuter singular is "it". Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect.