Direction: In the following passage, some words/phrases have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. Once an elephant lived in a village. He got in friendship ________ (1) ________ a tailor. The elephant used to go to a river for a bath. After drinking water and taking a bath it would pass by a tailor’s shop and the tailor would give it something to eat. One day the tailor was in an angry mood due to a quarrel with one of the customers. The elephant came as usual. Instead of giving anything to eat, he ________ (2) ________ the elephant’s trunk with his needle. The elephant ________ (3) ________ in pain. It made up its mind to teach the tailor a lesson. It went to the river, had its bath, and then filled ________ (4) ________ its trunk with muddy water. It stopped ________ (5) ________ the tailor’s shop and emptied all the muddy water on the garments in the shop. The clothes were spoiled with mud. The tailor suffered a great loss. He felt sad for his misdeed. But it was too late.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

Options

A. Split
B. assuaged
C. soothed
D. pricked

Answer

D