The appearance of the gods exhibits the fact that this is Rama's destiny. They are blessing him and his mission to destroy evil.
A connotation is the feeling a word invokes. A denotation is what the word literally says.
Example: If these words were on a trip, connotation would be the baggage, and denotation would be the traveler.
The correct answers would be questions D " Did any of the Japanese or German students learn to speak Navajo" and E " What kind of code did the American Indians use during World War I". These are the questions that could help the reader understand the military leader's fear, since if the answers are yes they did learn to speak it, and a simple code, (respectively) then it would be perfectly sane to feel apprehension at using the same code again. Options A, B and C are not relevant because they do not contribute to the subject, for example, it doesn't matter how many people spoke Navajo before World War I, what is important is how many can learn it.