Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

The hotels were heavy booked for the festival in Banaras.

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it. Each question has 4 options. Choose the correct option/answer for each question:

I worked for a brief while in a college in Delhi, and among my more uncomfortable memories is a language exercise, I gave a group of eight undergraduates: I asked them to imagine that they had already graduated and wanted them to write an application for a suitable job. Seven of the eight students wrote applications for the jobs of clerks. Even in one of the good universities, and in a college that had a reputation for its academic standards, the system has snuffed out all youthful ambition.

Choose the correct option:
 "Snuffed out" in the passage means -

Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.

The actress (1)/was shocked (2)/by the news of her dog’s death (3). /No error (4) 

Choosing the correct option, change the following sentence into Assertive without changing the meaning:
Shyam has promised never to touch hard drink again.

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.

This book is different than that.

Fill in the blank with the correct option from the options given below.
 They are poor _____ happy. 

Study the following passage and given answer the questions.

Modern living has programmed our lives to a hectic, monotonous schedule that we have forgotten the gentle smile that once fleeted the human face. Smile has she power dissolve all worries. It has the all-pervasive ability us from abysmal depth of gloominess. We should not be cowed down by work pressure that constant frown imprisons our face.
 In built confidence and positive attitude help a smile to blossom. A face bereft of smile makes us unarmed for it is the smile is a pleasant weapon which resists all hurdles and problems that depress us. If we learn to smile in a crisis it shows that we have the forbearance and courage to face the crisis. A smile, after all helps us preserve our perfect present unmindful of our past or future.

Choose the title most appropriate to the passage.

Direction : In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Education is for life, not merely for a livelihood. As long as we are unmindful of this _____, the _____ of  our educational curriculum as well as that of our _____and students is likely to remain _____. It is not enough for a society to have experts. It needs human beings who can think, feel and act generously, the kind of people who cannot be replaced by computers and _____.

is likely to remain _____. It is not enough for a society to have experts.