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The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. to be in trouble.

Key Points

• The idiom "in the soup" means to be in a difficult situation or in trouble. (मुसीबत में)
• Example: He was in the soup after missing the final project deadline.
• "To be in trouble" means to face problems or difficulties due to one’s actions. (परेशानी में होना)
• Example: She was in trouble for not following the official guidelines.
• Hence, the idiom "in the soup" correctly corresponds to "to be in trouble".

Therefore, the correct answer is- to be in trouble.

Additional Information

Here are the other options explained along with their Hindi meanings:

• Drinking soup (सूप पीना): Refers to the act of consuming soup; it has no idiomatic meaning in this context.
• Preparing soup (सूप तैयार करना): Means cooking or making soup; unrelated to the given idiom.
• Distributing soup (सूप बांटना): Means serving or giving soup to others; does not convey the sense of being in difficulty.

The correct answer is "to earn great prestige".

Key Points

• To win laurels: It is a phrase that means to earn great prestige or honor.
• Eg. : Chess champion Vishwanathan Anand has won many laurels for India.
• Hence, the correct answer is Option 1.

The correct answer is option 2), i.e. "fix a limit".  

Following are the meaning of the phrases given in the options- 

• Turn the tables : (phrase) to reverse one's position relative to someone else, especially by turning a position of disadvantage into one of advantage.
• Put the screw on : (phrase) to exert strong psychological pressure on someone so as to intimidate them into doing something.
• Aim at the sky : (phrase) to set the one's goal or ambitions very high.
• Draw the line: (phrase) to set a limit on what one is willing to do or accept. It simply means to define a limit in anything.

Eg. : We should draw a line between sarcasm and harsh words. 

People should draw a line between personal life and professional life. 

Only Option 2) gives us the correct answer.

The correct answer is to perform a difficult task. 

Key Points

• To cut the Gordian knot: (phrase) to deal with a difficult situation or problem in a quick, effective and forceful way. In other words, it means to find a solution to a difficult problem.
• Eg. : When all the students in the class were unable to solve the maths problem, they asked the maths teacher to cut the Gordian knot.
• Out of all the given options, only option 2), i.e. "to perform a difficult task" gives us the correct answer.

The correct answer is option 2), i.e. "a busy place". 

A beehive: (noun) It usually means a habitation or dwelling-place constructed for bees. But, it also means a crowded and busy place. A beehive symbolises a place which is crowded and busy.

Therefore, in the given sentence it has been used to describe a mall where people gather in large number.

The correct answer is option 1) i.e. has

Key Points

• The given passage talks about some photographs which show the level of cholesterol in the body and engineers are working on getting this feature into mobile phones.
• In the first sentence, a helping verb is missing after the subject 'A team of Indian engineers'.
• As the above-mentioned subject is singular in number, so a singular verb will be used. This way we can eliminate options 3 and 4, as they are plural verbs.
• 'Has been' is used either in present perfect continuous tense with the -ing form of the main verb or in the passive voice of present perfect tense. But, here both of these cases do not follow.

Hence, only option 1) i.e. 'has' can be used to make the sentence grammatically meaningful.

The correct answer is option 1) i.e. Reveal

Key Points

• The given passage talks about some photographs which show the level of cholesterol in the body and engineers are working on getting this feature into mobile phones.
• Let us look at the meaning of all the words given in the options-
• Reveal: make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.
• Conduct: organize and carry out.
• Conjecture: form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information.
• Conceal: not allow to be seen; hide.
• The part of the sentence next to the second blank talks about warning of poor health which indicates that the image will show the cholesterol level of the body.

Hence, we can say reveal is the only word that can complete the meaning of the sentence.

The correct answer is option 2) i.e. Of

Key Points

• The given passage talks about some photographs which show the level of cholesterol in the body and engineers are working on getting this feature into mobile phones.
• Of is the preposition which is used to show the relation between two things.
• Here, 'of' establishing the relation between warning signal and poor health.
• No other preposition will fit here grammatically.

Hence, of will be the correct preposition to fill the blank III.

The correct answer is option 1) i.e. Refined

Key Points

• The given passage talks about some photographs which show the level of cholesterol in the body and engineers are working on getting this feature into mobile phones.
• The researchers are doing further research on the program and are trying to make it compatible even for mobile phones.
• Refined: with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing.

Hence, refined will be the right word for further improvement in the program.

The correct answer is option 2) i.e. Loaded

Key Points

• The given passage talks about some photographs which show the level of cholesterol in the body and engineers are working on getting this feature into mobile phones.
• The researchers are doing further research on the program and are trying to make it compatible even for mobile phones.
• Let us look at the meaning of the words given in the options-
• Fixed: fastened securely in position.
• Loaded: insert something into (a device) so that it can be operated.
• Formulated: create or prepare methodically.
• Featured: be a significant characteristic of or take an important part in.

Hence, 'loaded' is the most appropriate term which should be used here for adding a program in mobile phones.