Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the options given below:-:

She worked ______ while her colleagues were busy gossiping in the cafeteria.

Insert the appropriate words from List-I in the blanks in List-II to form meaningful sentences.

List-I	List-II
(Words)	(Sentences)
(A) affected	(I) The mother's____for her child knows no bounds.
(B) affectation	(II) The flood has greatly____the entire region.
(C) affection	(III) The innovative methods of solving the problems proved very____.
(D) effective	(IV) No one can put up with his irritating ______.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)
2. (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
3. (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
4. (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:

Your looks defy your _____________ age.

Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the meanings given in List-II:

List-I	List-II
(Figures of speech)	(Meanings)
(A) Oxymoron	(I) a word pronounced like another word but with a different meaning or spelling
(B) Homophone	(II) a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the opposite of each other
(C) Alliteration	(III) an indirect comparison between two things without using the words - like or as
(D) Metaphor	(IV) the same letter or sound occurring at the beginning of two or more words in succession

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Fill in the blank with the correct word from the options given below to make a meaningful sentence:

Ten tourists were _____ injured in the accident and a few of them succumbed to their injuries on the way to the hospital.

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

Out of the given options, choose the one which can be substituted for the given phrase / sentence :

'A book containing information on all subjects'