DIRECTIONS: ​In the passage given below there are 5 blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. Each blank has four alternative words given in options (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to tell which word will best suit the respective blank. Mark (5) as your answer if the word given in bold after the blank is your answer i.e No change required.

The nuclear umbrella, we would like to believe, has secured India against the threat of ______(A)[conventional] war. We just have to contend with the irritants of terrorism and proxy warfare, and the ________(B)[ dalliance] of these patterns of violence suggests improving capacities of containment, if not ______(C)[diversion]. A few planes, warships, and submarines, some tanks, artillery and missiles, and a smattering of other military hardware — discarded generations that the great powers hive off at ______(D) [valiant] prices to what is still substantially a backward country — will not only ensure our security but put us well on our way to emerging as a global power. All we need is a healthy growth rate, and all will fall into place. Meanwhile, our internal “enemies” can simply be crushed by ______(E) [impugn]majoritarian force.