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He jumped off the train while it (had been running).

A

has been running

B

ran

C

was running

D

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The correct Answer is:
C
As the sense suggests, Past Progressive should be used here.
Look at the sentence :
• The phone rang while I was watching TV. Here, was running is the right usage.
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