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Direction: In the following questions, you have several brief passages with some questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Passage - III

The ancient Azents, Chinese, Greeks and Romans played games in which a ball was kicked. A game called 'futballe' was so popular in merry old England that King Henry IT (1154 - 1189) became alarmed because he feared his soldiers would neglect practicing archery. He, therefore, threatened to imprison any player and any one on whose land the game was played. The game was against the law in England for 400 years. It was made legal during the sixteenth century. By that time archery wasn't needed because firearms were used in warfare. King James I gave the sport his blessing, praising it as a clean, honourable and manly sport.

In 1863, many British football clubs formed an association football. It is also called soccer, a word that comes from those in association.

In most parts of the world the game is called football. At least ten different forms of football are played in the world today.

Football is a popular sport because

A)  it is an ancient sport

B) it is played in England

C) it is played all over the world

D) there are ten different forms of the sport