Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence:

If the tired soldier wanted to lie down, he _______ the mattress out on the balcony.

Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:

Frequency

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence:

It was her view that the country's problems had been_________ by foreign technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would be counter-productive.

The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair:

Gladiator : Arena