Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

If we look back at India’s long history, we find that our forefathers made wonderful progress whenever they ___(1)___ on the world with clear and fearless eyes and kept the windows of their eyes open to give and receive. In later periods, when they grew ___(2)___ in outlook and shrank from outside influences, India suffered a setback, politically and culturally. What a magnificent inheritance we have, though we have ___(3)___ it often enough. India has been and is a ___(4)___ nation, in spite of all the misery and suffering that she has experienced. In the realms of constructive and creative effort, that vitality spread to many parts of the Asian world and elsewhere and brought splendid ___(5)___ in its train.