Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Shakuntala Devi was born on 4th November 1929. In her childhood she ________to school.

Correct option is C

The correct option to fill in the blank is (c) had never been.

Explanation: The sentence talks about a condition in the past before another past event, so we use Past Perfect Tense to show the earlier action – not attending school.

Correct sentence: Shakuntala Devi was born on 4th November 1929. In her childhood she had never been to school.

Example: Before joining college, she had never been to a library.

Why other options are incorrect:
· (a) never gone – Missing auxiliary verb; grammatically incorrect.
· (b) went never – Wrong word order; adverb should not split verb.
· (d) ever been – Lacks the negative sense and auxiliary “had”.

Information Booster:
Use "had + past participle" to indicate an action that happened before a reference point in the past.