A passage is given below with five blanks labelled (A)-(E). Below the passage, five options are given for each blank. Choose the word that fits each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage, and mark the corresponding answer.

Water from seas, oceans, rivers, lakes, canals, ponds, etc. gets ___(A)___  due to the heat of the sun. This vapor rises up and comes in ___(B)___  with cold air and condenses in the form of a cloud.

When this cloud is cooled further, it cannot float in space and ___(C)___  down on the Earth’s surface as rain by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.

The ___(D)___  of rainfall at any place is measured by an instrument called rain-gauge. Rainfall is generally ___(E)___  in inches or centimeters.