In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank (numbered) out of the four alternatives.
Modern man is imprisoned by his time-table and his routine. His life is all care and (96). He does not have (97) for anything but his duties and occupation for (98) money. Men, in all (99) may have been prone to this disease and , indeed, we in India may not have been (100) by it to the extent that people in western countries have been.

Options

A. infected
B. inflicted
C. accompanied
D. associate

Answer

B

Explanation

Inflict (Verb) = impose something unwelcome on, force, to make somebody/something suffer something unpleasant.
Look at the sentence :
The inflicted a humiliating defeat on him.