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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Ravage

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

When I think of my family's history on the land. I experience a pang of regret. Unlike much of the arid West, where the land has gone virtually unchanged for centuries, my place of origin, western Kansas, has been torn up by agriculture. The flat plains, excellent soil, and sparse but just adequate rainfall permitted farming; therefore farming prevailed, and a good 90% of the original sod prairie is gone. The consequence, in human terms, is that our relationship to our place has always felt primarily mercantile. We used the land and denied, or held at bay, its effect on us. Yet from my earliest childhood, when the most of the Kansas prairie was still intact, I 've known that the land also had a romantic quality. I've felt moved by the expanse of it , enthralled by size. I take pride in my identity as a plains daughter.

From the passage, it may be determined that the word "mercantile" has something to do with

In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.

I left (A)/no stone unturned(B)/to achieve for my object.(C)/No Error(D)

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Nincompoop

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

The family said, "We were watching TV when we heard the news."

In December 2015, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover found the presence of ____, which will help scientists learn about the ancient wet environment.

Who is the author of "Swami and Friends"?

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.