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The correct answer is painting.

Key Points

• A gerund is a verb that’s acting as a noun.
• By that, we mean that the verb—the word that describes the action that’s happening, like “biking,” “thinking,” “running,” or “speaking”—becomes a thing, a concept that can now be the sentence’s subject, direct object, indirect object, or the object of a preposition.
• It doesn’t stop being a verb, but the role it plays in a sentence shifts from describing the action to being a focal point.
• Here, the complete sentence is: I like painting pictures.

The correct answer is on.

Key Points

• She spends hours on the phone every day.
• 'On' is used for both large and tiny flat surfaces.
• Planets are used with "on."
• The most common usage is "on earth," although "on" can also refer to other planets.
• Something is already in the position when the preposition "on" is used.
• When spend time or spend money is followed by a noun, use the preposition on, not “for” or “in”

The correct answer is for.

Key Points

• "I'm working at XYZ company" means that you are the owner of the XYZ company.
• But if you write "I'm working for XYZ company", It means you are an employee who works for XYZ company.
• Here, the correct sentence is: He works for an insurance company.

The correct answer is Alumni.

Key Points

• Traditionally, "alumnus" refers specifically to a singular male graduate
• "alumni" is the plural form for a group of male graduates and for a group of male and female graduates.
• Meanwhile, the term for singular female graduates is the lesser spotted "alumna", and "alumnae" refers to a group of female-only graduates.
• Some examples of Irregular plurals (ending with 'i')-
• focus - foci (also focuses)
• radius - radii (also radiuses)
• fungus - fungi
• nucleus - nuclei
• cactus - cacti

The correct answer is of.

Key Points

• Prepositions with die
• Someone dies of or from a disease or injury:
• He died of a heart attack.
• He died from a heart attack.
• 'Died of' is more common than 'died from'.
• Incorrect: He died because of a heart attack.
• Someone dies in an accident:
• He died in a car crash.
• Incorrect: He died by a car crash.
• Someone dies for a person, place, or idea that they want to protect:
• These men died for our freedom.

The correct answer is Plutonium.

Key Points

• Plutonium 238 devices are used as heat sources in cardiac pacemakers and satellites, as well as in many other applications.
• A pacemaker is composed of three parts:
• a pulse generator,
• one or more leads, and
• an electrode on each lead.
• A pacemaker signals the heart to beat when the heartbeat is too slow or irregular.

The correct answer is 

Key Points

• Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method used for dating archaeological findings.
• It is done by using the properties of radiocarbon C-14, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
• The isotope also is used as a tracer in following the course of particular carbon atoms through chemical or biological transformations.
• In carbon-14 dating, measurements of the amount of carbon-14 present in an archaeological specimen, such as a tree, are used to estimate the specimen's age.

The correct answer is 1967.

Key Points

• West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. (WBIDC) formed in 1967 under the Companies Act, is the premier nodal agency of West Bengal's Industry, Commerce, and Enterprises Department.
• This was established basically to help bring about greater development of the industrial sector.
• It finances medium and large-scale industries, develops infrastructure, and promotes joint sector investment and participation of foreign and private companies.

The correct answer is mycoherbicide.

Key Points

• Phytophthora palmivora is an oomycete that causes bud-rot of palms, fruit-rot, or kole-roga of coconut and areca nut.
• These are among the most serious diseases caused by fungi and molds in South India.
• It occurs almost every year in Malnad, Mysore, North & South Kanara, Malabar, and other areas.
• Phytophthora palmivora Butler strain MVW was first registered as DeVine in 1981 by Abbott Laboratories, IL as a bioherbicide to be applied to citrus crops to control strangler vine.

The correct answer is gala.

Key Points

• Given - 'acme' : 'mace'.
• The 3^rd letter is shifted to the 1^st position,
• the 1^st letter is shifted to 2^nd position,
• 2^nd letter is shifted to the 3^rd position
• the 4^th letter is kept unchanged at the 4^th position.
• Thus, 'alga' can be repositioned as 'gala'.