Direction: In the passage given below there are 5 blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. Each blank has four alternative words given in options (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to tell which word will best suit the respective bank. Mark (5) as your answer if the word given in bold after the blank is your answer i.e. No improvement required.
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval said that there is a need to ________(1)________ [Discover] new technologies used by terrorists, including drones, for smuggling of weapons and misuse of dark Web, artificial ________(2)________ [Information], blockchain and social media. Strongly condemning terrorism in all forms and manifestations, the NSA emphasized ________(3)________ [over] the need for full implementation of United Nations resolutions and targeted sanctions against UN-designated terrorist individuals ________ (4)________ [but] entities. He said that perpetrators of terrorism including cross-border terror attacks should be expeditiously ________(5)________ [bought] to justice. He also said that there is a need to preserve gains made in the last two decades in Afghanistan and give top priority to the welfare of its people.