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Direction (1 - 4): Read the extract given below and answer the following questions by choosing the correct option.

The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken. "The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea," Sadao said, answering himself. Now that the bleeding was stopped for the moment he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands.

"Yes, undoubtedly that would be best," Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare down at the motionless man. "If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die," Sadao said.

"The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea," Hana said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.

In which of the following options can the underlined words not be replaced with 'stupor'?

A) She hung up the phone feeling as though she had woken up from a slumber.

B) The manager complained about the employee's sluggishness.

C) He seemed to be in a trance when the doctor called upon him last week.

D) Seeing him in a daze, the lawyer decided not to place him in the witness box.