The given sentence indicates that there is evidence against the concerned person which means that it is not possible to let the person free.

Punish, release and ignore impart an opposite meaning to the sentence due to the presence of ‘cannot’.

Absolve means declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation, or punishment.

Hence, option B is the correct answer.

Keep off = (of bad weather) fail to occur.

Put off = an off-putting or unpleasant quality or feature.

Set back = a reversal or check in progress.

Stay out = to keep out of something or some place or to remain uninvolved in some piece of business.

Hence, option A is the correct answer.

Cut up = upset

Done in = extremely tired

Done out = It is not a valid phrase.

Run out = to finish, use or sell all of something or the period of time for which something lasts finishes

Hence, option B is the correct answer.

The correct structure is ‘scarcely had’.

Did can be eliminated easily due to the presence of entered since after did only V1 is used.

Hence, option C is the correct answer.

Get by = manage with difficulty to live or accomplish something.

Get off = escape a punishment; be acquitted.

Get through = succeed, use

Get over = recover, overcome

Hence, option D is the correct answer.

In this statement, as it starts with Natural disasters, so the noun is plural and needs to be followed by a plural verb. So, according to subject verb agreement the next part will be having the plural verb. So, Q fits the next. ‘Manifestations’ means the action or fact of showing something. So, next statement would be depicting that it is the action of nature. So, S would be the continuing statement and the next statement would be R which joins the two statements with the connector ‘and’ by stating that it can take place anywhere anytime. Thus, the proper sequence would be QSRP.

In this statement, as it starts with Photosynthesis, the connecting statement would be describing what it is. So, it is described in S as a process. The next statement would describe about the usage by Plants and other organisms in Q as S ends with ‘used’. The continuing statement would be R that describes what it actually does i.e. conversion of light energy into chemical energy. And the concluding statement would be P stating how it can be used later. Thus, the proper sequence would be SQRP.

In this statement, as it starts with Disaster management. The continuing statement would be describing it as a strategy in Q. The next connecting statement would be talking about what the strategy does and how it makes efforts to reduce hazards caused by the disasters. Thus, the proper sequence would be QSPR.

In this statement, as it starts with Pollution. The next sentence would be talking about it with reference to the country i.e. pollution in India in S. The continuing statement would be taking about the pollution being the big environmental issue. So PR goes in pair and the concluding statement would be everyone needs to be aware of the same. Thus, the proper sequence would be SPRQ.

In this statement, as it starts talking about Raj Kishore. The next statement would be talking about his age being the senior most columnists and in which subject, which is described in Q and P. As P contains the relative pronoun ‘who’ the next statement would be connecting this pronoun with another statement. So, R would be the next statement and S would be the concluding statement as it explains that he wrote for newspapers and journals. Thus, the proper sequence would be QPRS.