The common difference of the $A.P.$ $b_{1}, b_{2}, \ldots,$ $b_{ m }$ is $2$ more than the common difference of $A.P.$ $a _{1}, a _{2}, \ldots, a _{ n } .$ If $a _{40}=-159, a _{100}=-399$ and $b _{100}= a _{70},$ then $b _{1}$ is equal to

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  • A

    $-127$

  • B

    $-81$

  • C

    $81$

  • D

    $127$

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