Answer:
Heir
succession
supplant
Explanation:
An heir can be defined as someone who has been ordained to later become a successor to a soon-to-predecessor of authority
A succession is the act or right of being the next person to have a particular job or position
To supplant means to take someone's place
A). The author is using a source word for word.
When a phrase is in quotations, it means that it is a direct copy from somewhere else. This is known as a quote. This quote is from Gautam 66, as it is in parenthesis directly following the quote.
The answer is (B) hope this helps
It's A because there are multiple enumerations separated by a comma and the coordinator 'and' which case you do not use comma when using it.