Direction: Read the following passages carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the questions out of the four alternatives.
Passage
But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow’s pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.
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“............ as well a touching inducement to marry.” Here inducement mean
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- agreement
- invocation
- reminder
- encouragement
Correct Option: D
encouragement