Fill in the blanks with the contextually correct word from the given options: 

America was____ by Columbus.

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'

The teacher said (a)/ to us that one ought (b)/ to work hard in order (c)/ to attain one goal. (d)/No error (e)

The interesting tale had its beginning more than fifty years ago. 

If she _____a bird, she would fly 

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate Preposition choosing from the options given below: 

The burglar got in_________   the window. 

Select the word which match same as the group of words given.
A student who idly or without excuse absents himself/herself from school

In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

I told the teacher (A)/ that the homework set for the day (B) / was much too heavy for us to complete. (C)/ No error. (D)

Directions :Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. Some words/phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
During the reign of king Veer, there lived a wise magistrate. Haripant’s verdicts were always just and people from all over vast kingdom came to him in ordered to settle their disputes. In the city where Haripant lived, there was a greedy ghee merchant named Niranjan. He always kept twenty barrels of ghee. Of these, fifteen would contain good quality ghee and the remaining could be adulterated. He would mix the two and sell it. This went on for a long time, till finally the people fed up of being cheated, complained to Haripant.
Haripant had the ghee examined and found to it be adulterated. He gave Niranjan a choice of punishment-drink the five barrels of adulterated ghee from his shop, or receive a hundred lashings, or pay a thousand gold coins to the treasury. Niranjan thought for a while. Losing a thousand gold coins was too much and a hundred lashings too painful. So he decided to drink the five barrels of ghee. Though Niranjan sold adulterated goods in his shop, he made sure his own food was of the best quality. So after drinking one barrel of ghee he began to feel sick. By the second barrel, he was vomiting. At this point he decided to opt for the lashings instead. But he was pampered and his body was unused to any harsh treatment. After ten lashes, he started trembling and by twenty he was giddy. ‘Stop!’ he screamed. ‘I will pay the thousand gold coins!’ And he handed them over.
So he ended up suffering all three punishments, something he did not forget in a hurry and the people of the city got to use only the best quality in their food from then on

Why was Sean reluctant to take Luke along ?