Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below:

By the first century AD, many nomadic tribes had entered India through the mountain-passes in the north west. In the course of time, they were all Indianised. Kanishka, the chief of one of these tribes, built up an empire with Peshawar as the capital. Like Asoka, Kanishka came under the influence of Buddhism and was converted by a celebrated Buddhist scholar Asvaghosha. Kanishka appears to have tried to emulate Asoka. He strenuously worked for the spread of the Buddhist faith. He convened a Buddhist council to discuss grave religious problems. At the time, a big schism had arisen and the Buddhists were divided into two sects-the Hinayana and Mahayana. Of the two, the Mahayana became more popular. The Hinayanists believed in the traditional intellectual doctrine whereas the Mahayanists adopted new interpretations. The Mahayanists started worshipping Buddha as the living saviour and their ritualism had a strong appeal to the ordinary people. Nagarjuna, a great scholar in the court of Kanishka, formulated and propagated the Mahayana ideas. The differences between the two sects were largely reconciled in this council. Charaka, the most celebrated medical scientist of ancient India, is believed to have been Kanishka's court-physician. The Kushan empire built by Kanishka was dissolved by the third century AD.

Choose the word that is most nearly the same in the meaning of the word "Convened"

(A) United
(B) Assembled
(C) Summoned
(D) Associated

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(B) Only

The correct answer is Option (2) → (C) Only

Here's why:

* Convene means "to cause to assemble" or "to bring together for a meeting."
* Option (A) - United means to join together to form a single unit. While there might be a meeting involved in the process of uniting, it's not the most precise synonym for convened.
* Option (B) - Assembled is the closest in meaning to convened. It means "to gather together in one place."
* Option (C) - Summoned means "to order someone to come to a particular place." This implies a more forceful gathering compared to convened, which can be for a more casual meeting as well.
* Option (D) - Associated means "to connect or be connected with something." While people might be associated through attending a meeting convened by someone, it's not the most fitting synonym.

Therefore, assembled (B) is a good synonym for convened, but summoned (C) captures the meaning more accurately in the context of the passage where Kanishka called together a Buddhist council to discuss religious matters.