What would come in blank space (3)?

Key Points

• The passage describes the motor-cyclist returning to inform the policeman about his inability to find the place.
• The appropriate word to fill in the blank should describe the action of communicating information to the policeman.
• The word "told" fits best in the context as it describes the motor-cyclist informing the policeman about the situation.
• Other options (ran, convinced, belittled) do not accurately describe the action of informing in this context.

Complete Passage: A young man riding a motor-cycle approached a policeman in market place and sought his assistant in reaching a particular locality. The policeman shown him the direction and the motor-cyclist left. He came back after some time and told the policeman that he could not ____the place. The policeman got the ______to help him and agreed to ____ with the motor-cyclist. On reaching the _____, the motor-cyclist left in a hurry leaving the policeman on the road. The policeman was surprised and returned to his spot. A little later, a senior police officer reached the place and took the policeman to task for dereliction of duty.