Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The movie was released__________ expected.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

A new book on games will be released by the publishers next week.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM for the word 'often' in the following sentence.

Usually at Christmas, uncle often brings lovely and cherished gifts for us.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

The manager decided to resign from his post as the bank was declared to be insolvent.

Parts of a sentence/paragraph are given below. While the first and the last parts (A and F) are in the correct order, the parts in between are jumbled up. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent sentence/paragraph.

A. I love

B. so that

C. every morning

D. for a walk

E. to go

F. I can keep myself fit and healthy.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

P. Perhaps no definition of democracy is more popular and universally acceptable than what is given by Abraham Lincoln.
 Q. He defines democracy as “a government of the people, by the people and for the people”.
 R. Certainly, democracy is the most representative form of government.
 S. To bind the people and take the nation ahead on the path of progress, democracy is the most suitable form of government for India.

Select the most appropriate collocating word to fill in the blank.

Mentally strong people do not________ to suicide over trivial issues.

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

From January 28 to February 4, 2023, a Chinese-operated, large white high-altitude balloonwas seen in North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguousUnited States. The American and Canadian militaries asserted that the balloon was for surveillance, while the Chinese government maintained it was a civilian meteorological research airship that had been blown off course. Analysts said that the balloon's flight path and structural characteristics made it dissimilar from those which have typically been used formeteorological research. The U.S. Department of State said that the balloon was capable oflocating electronic communication devices, including mobile phones and radios, and that American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft deployed to track the balloon in the air revealed that the balloon carried antennas and other equipment "clearly for intelligence surveillance and inconsistent with the equipment on board weather balloons." The State Department said that the spy balloon was part of a global Chinese military-directed surveillance effort in which Chinese spy balloons have flown over more than 40 nations in five continents. On February 4, the U.S. Air Force shot down the balloon over U.S. territorial waters off the coast of South Carolina, on the order of U.S. President Joe Biden. Debris from the wreckage was recovered and sent to the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, for analysis. The incident increased U.S.-China tensions. The incident prompted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to delay a diplomatic visit to Beijing, which was set to be his first since 2018. Italso further strained Canada–China relations, as Canada summoned the Chinese ambassador because of the violation of Canadian airspace. On February 3, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that a second Chinese balloon was passing over Latin America, which China also said belonged to it. On February 10, the Air Force shot down another aerial object over U.S. territory at the order of President Biden.

The word ‘contiguous’ means