Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it. Each question has 4 options. Choose the correct option/answer for each question:

I worked for a brief while in a college in Delhi, and among my more uncomfortable memories is a language exercise, I gave a group of eight undergraduates: I asked them to imagine that they had already graduated and wanted them to write an application for a suitable job. Seven of the eight students wrote applications for the jobs of clerks. Even in one of the good universities, and in a college that had a reputation for its academic standards, the system has snuffed out all youthful ambition.

How long did the author work in a Delhi College?

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

The Ashoka pillars are a series of columns (1)_____ in northern India by King Ashoka (2)______ his reign in the 3rd century BCE. (3)_____ pillars are inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king. At an average (4)______ 50 feet in height and weighing up to 50 tons each, (5)______19 pillars survive today.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence.
 I felt terribly jaded after working all weekend.

Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech.

Suresh said to me, "I have been dancing for two hours".

Select the correctly spelt word.

Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.

A set of rooms forming one residence in a building

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

To play with fire

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.
 God has clearly blessed human beings for his glory.