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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

From this passage we learn that Tony Vassal was

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Blessing in disguise

Arrest of _________ in 1930 led to angry demonstrations in streets of Peshawar.

The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was

The weight of an object is maximum

Which country on 23 October 2017 signed the Paris agreement on climate change, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two countries holding outto sign this global climate pact?

The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 has been awarded to ______ .

Which Indian won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014?