Directions: A sentence is given here with a blank and you need to fill the blank choosing the word/words given below. If all the words given can fill the blank appropriately, choose ‘All are correct’ as your answer. The king ________ over the words of his trusted and knowledgeable minister, and asked his guards to arrest the hunter and release the bird. I. inclined II. pondered III. think

Step-by-step solution

Two very important keywords are here in the sentence - ‘Trusted’ and ‘Knowledgeable’. What do we generally do when some trusted and knowledgeable gives a piece of advice to us? We ‘ponder’ over it. Ponder (Verb): To think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion. Clearly, ‘pondered’ is the best suited word here for the blank. ‘Think’ can’t be chosen here because it’s in present form whereas the w