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._x005F_x000D_ Modern man is imprisoned by his time-table and his routine. His life is all care and _____. He does not have _____ for anything but his duties and occupation for _____ money. Men, in all _____ may have been prone to this disease and; indeed, we in India may not have been _____ by it to the extent that people in western countries have been._x005F_x000D_ we in India may not have been _____ by it to the extent that people in western countries have been.

• A. infected
• B. inflicted
• C. accompanied
• D. associate