Direction: In the following passage, some words/phrases have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
After a long day out in the _________ (1) _________ sun at Nizamuddin railway station, having checked out every bit of garbage disposed of trains, a group of rag pickers gathered for a chat in a rain-swept shelter. This was no _________ (2) _________ gathering for them. It was a Mother’s Day gathering. Most children had never heard the word but grew _________ (3) _________ once they got to know what the day signified. Gifts for their mothers ranged from promises of not running away, to earning enough to assure their mothers of some _________ (4) _________ someday. When it came to _________ (5) _________ celebrations for the day, a group of boys at the center run by Chetna, an NGO, near the station, surrounded Manjula Rai.