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 out of the four alternatives.
Autocracy and bureaucracy must perish utterly, in East and West, and, _________ order that their germs may not re-sprout in the future, they must be ___________ in the minds of men. They must be proved to be less efficient _________ the Governments of Free Peoples, even in their favourite work of War, and their iron machinery--which at first brings outer ___________ and success--must be shown to be less lasting and effective than the living and flexible organisations ________ democratic Peoples.
they must be ___________ in the minds of men.

Options

A. discredit
B. discredits
C. discrediting
D. discredited

Answer

D