DIRECTIONS: ​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 blank. Mark (5) as your answer if the word given in bold after the blank is your answer i.e No change required.

In the United States, job demographic data from censuses since the 1900s reveals a _____(A)[perilous] fact. Despite the two post-industrial revolutions of electricity and computers, the occupations with the largest employment numbers are still jobs for drivers, retail, cashiers, secretaries, janitors etc, i.e. old professions needing simple skills and mostly repetitive work. This lack of transition to “newer” jobs is a global phenomenon, especially in the global south. India, for example, has half of the working population doing agriculture.

One must _____(B)[amp] the significance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in this context. Unlike technological _____(C)[stances] of the past, AI is unique in that it can rather cheaply replace a vast spectrum of mental, creative, and _____(D)[intuitive] human labour. With AI presiding over the mass extinction of repetitive jobs, precisely the sort employing the most workers, no ______(E)[transience] exists of newer jobs replacing them in large enough numbers.