Can you be locked in study?
In order not to be disturbed, he spent two hours ________ in his study.

A. locking
B. to lock
C. locked
D. being locked

C is said to be correct.
This is such a strange expression. Would you English speakers really use such an expression? Maybe my feeling is totally wrong.

Question

Can you be locked in study?
In order not to be disturbed, he spent two hours ________ in his study.

A. locking
B. to lock
C. locked
D. being locked

C is said to be correct. 
This is such a strange expression. Would you English speakers really use such an expression? Maybe my feeling is totally wrong.

Answer

A study is a type of room, so yes in this context it makes sense.

Answer

Yes, it's perfectly correct and natural. "A study" is a room in a house. He was physically inside a room (his study).

Answer

C. As in, he voluntarily stayed in his room

Answer

It probably sounds wrong to you because you are thinking of it as a metaphor when it is probably literal: he locked the door not to be disturbed.

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