Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:

My father ____ me to join the debate club during my school days and it helped me a lot.

Choose the correct option given below to fill in the blank.

I could not stand in that room as there was a __________ smell.

Select the word which can replace the underlined word.

Before long he returned to complete the task.

Which of the following words does not refer to one of the movements of a horse?

Choose the appropriate word from the options given to complete the following sentence.

The newest fibre optic cables that carry telephone calls are made of glass so ___ that a piece 100 meters thick is clearer than a standard windowpane.

From the options given, select the one that substitutes the given expression:

One who has a charitable attitude towards his fellow beings

(1) Anthropologist

(2) Philanthropist

(3) Mercenary

(4) Philosophist

Fill in the blank in the given sentence with the correct option:

The person who studies the structure and composition of the earth to know about its history and antiquity is called

a