In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
(1)_________ a bear encased in fat is a very messy job, and as I (2)_________ back to the Rest House for a hot bath and a late breakfast, I met a very (3)_________ Forest Guard, whose headquarters were at Dabidhura. Being in urgent need of bear’s fat for his father, who was (4)_________ with rheumatism, he was hurrying to try to get a share of the fat when he ran into a herd of (5)________ cattle, followed by a boy who informed him that a tiger had killed one of his cows.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
- Afloated
- Bplodded
- Cfluttered
- Dpranced
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The context mentions walking back after a messy and tiring job for a bath and breakfast. "Plodded" means walked slowly with heavy steps, which perfectly conveys tiredness or a slow journey back. Words like floated, fluttered (flapped wings quickly), and pranced (walked with bouncy steps) are contextually irrelevant. Option B is correct.