Read the passage given below and choose correct Options that can replace the underlined portions. It \[\underline{\mathbf{Q16}}\] then obvious that she \[\underline{\mathbf{Q17}}\] seriously ill. What \[\underline{\mathbf{Q18}}\] Bubli \[\underline{\mathbf{Q19}}\]? He \[\underline{\mathbf{Q20}}\] no experience in treating the sick and Jyothi \[\underline{\mathbf{Q21}}\] worse by the minute. He \[\underline{\mathbf{Q22}}\] that the old doctor in town \[\underline{\mathbf{Q23}}\] Three miles away, downhill. There was no way the doctor \[\underline{\mathbf{Q24}}\] it up to their house. Something \[\underline{\mathbf{Q25}}\] quickly!

• A. can
• B. could
• C. Could have
• D. was