Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'no substitution required'.
(No sooner had the ink dried on last week's column, that) one of my long-suffering 17 readers was into action.

Option 1: No sooner had the ink dry on last week's column, than

Option 2: No sooner did the ink dried on last week's column, than

Option 3: No substitution required

Option 4: No sooner had the ink dried on last week's column, than

Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The priest puts some______water on the child's head.

Option 1: hairy

Option 2: holy

Option 3: haughty

Option 4: wholly

Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
My friends, being incredibly nerdy linguists, ___________to make fun of the syntax.

Option 1: braided

Option 2: decided

Option 3: stalked

Option 4: traded

Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Wheat is widely ______ but the output is not large.

Option 1: gross

Option 2: grilled

Option 3: grown

Option 4: groan

Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
It's ____ too late to start your own business.

Option 1: never

Option 2: no

Option 3: neither

Option 4: nor