Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The BCCI and its State associations will probably ____ A ____ the day the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal began in 2013, but in all honesty, t

Step-by-step solution

Usage of the word “appreciation” would bring contradiction to what is inferred from the paragraph. Option B is hence eliminated. Usage of “expressions” will absolutely be absurd and hence option D can be eliminated as well. Usage of the word “criticized” will be ungrammatical and thus option C gets eliminated too. Now, between “nagging” which means ‘constantly harassing someone’ and “chastising” which means ‘telling someone that something