Directions: In the following passage, there are five blanks, each of which has been denoted with an alphabet (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E). You are required to fill in the blank using the word/words provided below.

The rural-urban distribution of the population has been ___(A)___ changing over the years. There is high population growth in urban areas. Some cities have been growing faster than others through in-migration. For example, areas under the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike grew by 49.3% during 2001-11, while the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (11.9%), the Delhi Municipal Corporation (11.7%), and Greater Chennai Corporation (7.0%) had much ___(B)___ growth rates. Kolkata Municipal Corporation recorded a fall in population during the same period. The pandemic resulted in deaths among adults and the aged ___(C)___ more than children. Its impact on age distribution in ___(D)___ affected areas would be of interest as it would give an indirect estimate of the number of deaths. This would either ___(E)___ or reject the various estimates of the number of deaths due to the pandemic.

(I) Lower         (II) Severely           (III) Rapidly           (IV) Validate       (V) Relatively         (VI) Expeditiously              (VII) Isolated