Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Doing an internship at the University of Lille in France, I almost always found myself stuck whenever I had to speak to non-Indians about India or on anything 'Indian'. This was more because of the subtle differences in the way the French understood India in comparison to what I thought was 'Indian'. For instance, when I, or any Indian for that matter, say 'Hindi' is an Indian language, what it means is that it is one of the languages widely spoken in India. This need not be similar to the understanding that the French would have when they hear of 'Hindi' as an Indian language. Because for them Hindi then becomes the only language spoken in India. This is a natural inference that the French, Germans, Italians and many other European nationals would tend to make, because that is generally how it is in their own respective countries. The risk of such inappropriate generalisations made about 'Indian' is not restricted to language alone but also for India's landscape, cuisine, movies, music, climate, economic development and even political ideologies. The magnitude of diversity of one European country can be easily compared to that of one of the Indian State, isn't it? Can they imagine that India is one country whose diversity can be equated to that of the entire European continent? The onus is upon us to go ahead and clarify the nuances in 'Indianness' while we converse. But why should one do so? How does it even matter to clarify?

Why do some French people think that Hindi is the only Indian language?

Fill in the blanks in the passage below with the appropriate word from the options.
The king of Rampur was not (1)........The following story proves that. Once he paid a (2) ......... to a town away from his capital.
The king's staff governing the town welcomed the king. As per the King's desire a (3)....... of the renowned people of the town was called at night. The people (4)...... the king and bestowed their praise on him and all sat down to listen to (5)....... the king had to tell them.

Fill in the blank in (1).

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, then select the option "No error".

And, indeed, there was/ hardly picture in Rome I was unable/ to reattribute to its rightful owner.

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 am (A) / debarred (B) / to attend the meeting. (C)/ No error (D) 

Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

A government by officials. 

In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.

Krishna hugs Sudama, welcomes him to his___and treats him with utmost love and respect.

Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.

Gaff

Direction: In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

BLESSING