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The correct solution is option 3 i.e. Nocturnal.

​The meaning of the given words are:

• Plenary means unqualified; absolute.
• Inimical means tending to obstruct or harm.
• Nocturnal means done, occurring, or active at night.
• Amateur means a person who is incompetent or inept at a particular activity.

So, the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for 'Active at night' is 'Nocturnal'.

The correct solution is option 2 i.e. C.

• In sentence A, 'comparing' is incorrect. It must be in the simple present tense.
• In sentence B, here hyphen(-) is used so it must be 'A 20-minute' walk. 'minutes' is wrong because '20-minute' is equal to '20 minutes'.
• In sentence D, here the sentence is in past so 'can' is incorrect.

So, sentence C is the correct sentence.

The correct sentence is, 'More than 8000 lecturers in Kenya could risk losing their jobs or being demoted in the next two months.'

The correct solution is option 4 i.e. ‘to’.

• The given options are prepositions which are short words that usually stand in front of nouns.
• 'with' is used when in company or presence of somebody/something.
• ‘at’ expresses location or arrival in a particular place or position.
• ‘for’ is used for a length of time.
• 'to' is used to indicate that there is movement from one place to another.
• Here, in the sentence his/her kindness is moving towards me so 'to' is the correct solution.

So, the correct solution is, You are always kind to me.

The correct solution is option 2 i.e. ‘for’.

• The given options are prepositions which are short words that usually stand in front of nouns.
• ‘at’ expresses location or arrival in a particular place or position.
• ‘for’ is used to show a reason or cause saying or to show who is intended to have or use something.
• 'on' is used to describe something that is resting on a surface.
• 'about' means on the subject of; concerning.

Here, in the sentence, what he said is the reason why he should be sorry. So, 'for' is the correct preposition.

So, the correct solution is, He isn’t sorry for what he has said?

The correct solution is option 1 i.e. D.

• In sentence A, 'attribute' is singular which is wrong because there is more than one attribute mentioned.
• In sentence B, the article is missing before 'leading'.
• In sentence C, 'the' is not needed. It is grammatically wrong.

So, sentence D is the correct sentence.

The correct sentence is, 'The government has accepted that there is shortage of employment data.'

The correct solution is option 3 i.e. A.

• In sentence B, 'farther' is wrong because it means something that is far. It is grammatically wrong. 'Further' should be used instead.
• In sentence C, 'across' is wrong because it means moving from one end to other.
• In sentence D, use of 'also' is grammatically incorrect.

So, sentence A is the grammatically correct sentence. 

The correct sentence is, 'Most graduates go on to accept full-time offers from their co-employers.'

The correct solution is option 3 i.e. easily.

​The meaning of the given words are:

• rapidly means very quickly; at a great rate.
• swiftly means at high speed; quickly.
• easily means without difficulty or effort.
• urgently means in a way which requires immediate action or attention.
• From the sentence, we know that mowing the lawn was a difficult task so he cannot do it alone. The second sentence expressed the inability of the speaker that he couldn't have done it alone but Ali did it quite easily, 'easily' is the correct adverb as it describing how the work was done.
• Other options are wrong because they all mean the speed at which Ali did his work.

So, the correct solution is, Ali easily mowed half the lawn. I couldn’t have done it alone.

The correct solution is option 4 i.e. so much greedier and jealous.

• 'greedier' is wrong because it is in the comparative adjective. Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two objects they modify.
• Here, the comparison is made but its not between two things so using comparative degree is wrong.
• 'much' in the sentence is a positive adjective. ‘positive degree’ is the normal form of an adjective or adverb.
• As 'much' is in positive degree the following adjectives must also be in the positive degree. 'Jealous' is already in the positive degree. The positive degree of 'greedier' is 'greedy'.
• The third type of degree of comparison is the superlative degree which is used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of quality. They are used in sentences where a subject is compared to a group of objects.

So, the correct solution is, What is the reason that makes us so much greedy and jealous than any other species?

The correct solution is option 4 i.e. make space.

• The given idiom 'make room' means to clear a certain amount of space to allow for someone or something else to fit as well.
• So, the most appropriate meaning for the given idiom must be 'make space'. 

Example: I'm not making a separate trip in the car, so make room for your brother back there!

The correct solution is option 3 i.e. Rahim said that he felt much better that day. 

While changing the narration of the sentence, we need to follow the steps:

• Whenever we change the speech the conjunction 'that' is used in place of commas and inverted commas.
• In reported speech, always the third person is used and the tense is always past tense.
• The verb here is ‘feel' whose past tense is 'felt'.
• While changing narration there are some words which are changed. For example, ‘Tomorrow’ becomes ‘the next day’, ‘today’ – ‘that day’ and ‘Yesterday’ – ‘the previous day’.
• Eventually, we will get the final sentence-  "Rahim said that he felt much better that day."