In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
There is an old story told of a man who _____ into a deep sleep. His friend stayed by him as long as he _______. Being compelled to go and fearing that he might be in want, the friend hid a _______ in the old man's garment. When the old man _______, not ______ tht his friend had ______ a jewel in his garment, he wandered about in _______, hungry. A long time afterwords, the two men met again. The friend told the poor man about the jewel and ______ him to look for it. Like the old man in the story, people ______ about in this life, _____ of what is hidden away in their inner nature, pure and untarnished.
that his friend had _______ a jewel in his garment,

Options

A. hiding
B. hidden
C. conceal
D. hide

Answer

B