Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Having finished the voluminous novel, (it was being put away by him).

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word. Distress

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word. Tolerate

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

Break the ice

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

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

(Upto) the time he wasn’t here, we were not sure if he will actually come.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

That which cannot be put out

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

The system which is observed to do progress

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.