The teacher _____ the boy's comic which he was reading during the Mathematics period.

possessed

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procured

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abandoned

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seized

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Solution

The correct option is D seized
The "comic" ; (comics book) changes hands - it goes from the boy to the teacher. Only (2), (3), and (4) give this sense of change of hands. Of these, seized is the most appropriate. If someone is authority (here "the teacher") seizes your property (here "the boy's comic"), they take it from you, often by force. Of course, no boy would willingly part with his "comic".

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