This question tests understanding of how islands in the West Indies are ranked by land area. To answer, you compare how much surface each island covers. The largest Caribbean island is Cuba. The second-largest is Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with a land area around 76,000 square kilometers. Jamaica and Puerto Rico are much smaller, at roughly 11,000 and 9,000 square kilometers, respectively. That bigger size is why Hispaniola occupies the second spot in the size ranking, making it the correct choice.

A capital city is the main political center of a country, where the government is seated and national leadership operates. For Jordan, that role is filled by Amman, which serves as the administrative heart of the country. Petra is famous as an ancient city and archaeological site, not the current capital. Aqaba is a coastal port city on the Red Sea. There isn’t a real city named Jordan City as the capital. So Amman is the correct choice because it is the country’s capital and administrative center.

In Hinduism, the force that dissolves old forms to make way for new creation is attributed to a specific deity. This deity is Shiva, the destroyer. His role isn’t about simple annihilation; it’s about transformation—clearing away the old and worn-out to allow renewal and renewed life to arise. This fits into the broader idea of cosmic cycles where creation, preservation, and destruction work together. Shiva’s symbols, like the third eye that sees through illusion and the fiery energy of his dance, embody this power of dissolution that enables new beginnings. In contrast, Vishnu is the preserver who sustains the universe, and Brahma is the creator; Krishna is an avatar of Vishnu. So the destroyer is Shiva.

The ending in this question is about a tragedy where two key figures—Lear and the Earl of Gloucester—are left in a deeply troubled state, highlighting how the play’s moral order collapses. In King Lear, the closest to a cathartic closure comes only after Lear’s mind is shattered by filial ingratitude and loss, and Gloucester’s body and expectations are brutalized by betrayal and blindness. The final scenes underscore a world stripped of power and comfort, with both main characters bearing the weight of suffering as the curtain falls. The other Shakespeare plays listed don’t bring these two figures together in their endings: Macbeth ends with a toppled tyrant and a fragile restoration, Othello ends in jealous tragedy and revenge, and Hamlet ends with a grim, fatal culmination for several characters but not the same pair and mood as Lear’s finale. So, the play that fits the description is King Lear.