Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
Scores of villagers are ____________ a sit-in protest against the construction of a new underpass.
Correct option is C. staging
Option C: 'Staging' means 'organizing and taking part in a public meeting to complain about something.'Protest' is a strong complaint against something.
This word forms a complete and meaningful sentence: the villagers are organizing a protest against the construction of a new underpass.
Hence this is the most appropriate word and option C is correct.
Option A: 'Performing' means 'present a form of entertainment to an audience'.
Option B: 'Sitting' is 'an act of being seated, such that the person has rested their body weight on their buttocks'.
Option D: 'Standing' means 'maintaining an upright position'.
These words do not form complete meaningful sentences. Hence options A, B and D are wrong.