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.
There are many kinds of ants. The _________(1)_________ among them are the black or red ones. They live In their comfortable homes called ‘nests’ or ‘anthills’. Each has hundreds of little rooms and passages. The queen is the mother of the entire population of the _________(2)_________. It lives for about fifteen years. _________(3)_________ has a pair of wings but bites them off after its ‘wedding’ flight. This flight takes place on a hot summer day. The queen _________(4)_________ the nest and goes out to meet a male ant, or drone, high up in the air. On its return to earth, it gets rid of its wings and then does nothing but _________(5)_________ eggs.