Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The news of the robbery spread faster than ________.

Correct option is A

The correct option to fill in the blank is (a) fire.
The phrase is a commonly used idiom: "spread like wildfire", which means to spread very rapidly and widely (तेज़ी से फैलना).
Example: The rumour about the merger spread like fire in the office.
Other options:
· (b) wind – not idiomatically used in this expression.
· (c) water – no such common idiom.
· (d) air – also incorrect; idiomatically, we don’t say “spread like air.”