In the following question, a situation is described followed by a list of words. Identify the correct word that can be used to describe the passage/ a part of the passage and mark the answer accordingly.

But with President Pranab Mukherjee retiring in July this year, barely two months from now, the urgency to find the next president of India couldn’t be any clearer. But, who would it be? Likely candidates have ranged from BJP’s “Iron Man” LK Advani to former Infosys head Narayan Murthy to Najma Heptulla, the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, to even the superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth. But in each and every case, the edifice of conjecture has come crashing down as there has been no hint, let alone confirmation, on any of the political figureheads clinching the presidential race in the country.