In the following passage there are blanks , each of which has been numbered. Choose the correct word from the given options which fits in the blank appropriately.
`overset("(118)")underline(" ")` October 12,1492, the Italian `overset("(119)")underline(" ")` Christopher Columbus landed on a small island in the Caribbean, which he named San Salvandor and claimed for Spain, the country that had `overset("(120)")underline(" ")` his voyage. `overset("(121)")underline(" ")` Columbus was not actually the first European to reach the Americas, and millions of indigenous people already lived there, he has traditionally been `overset("(122)")underline(" ")` in the United States as the "discover" of the Americas. The first Columbus Day `overset("(123)")underline(" ")` took place `overset("(124)")underline(" ")` 1792 the 300th anniversary of his `overset("(125)")underline(" ")`. Columbus Day celebrations `overset("(126)")underline(" ")` in popularity over the decades that followed, especially in Italian American and other Catholic immigrant communities, where amid a general climate of anti-Catholic prejudice, Columbus was `overset("(127)")underline(" ")` as a symbol of what is meant to be both Catholic and American. A federal holiday was signed into law by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1937. chose the correct option for filler no.123.

Options

A. Enemy
B. Sponsored
C. Boycotted
D. Competitor

Answer

B