Comprehension Passage

Below, a passage is given with ten blanks labelled (A)-(J). Below the passage, five options are given for each blank. Choose the word that fits each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage, and mark the corresponding answer.

Nepal’s Left alliance was on Sunday __(A)__ towards comfortable majority in the parliamentary elections, __(B)__ 72 of the 89 seats so far in the historic polls that many hope will bring the political __(C)__ to the country. The CPN-UML led by former premier K.P. Oli and the CPN- Maoist led by former premier Prachanda have forged electoral __(D)__ for both the provincial and parliamentary elections. According to results released by the Election Commission, the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN- UML) has won 51 seats while its alliance partner CPN Maoist-Centre has __(E)__ 21 seats. The ruling Nepali Congress, which was the largest party in the last election, won only 10 seats, __(F)__ to tallies. Two Madhesi parties have won five seats. The Federal Socialist Forum Nepal __(G)__ by Upendra Yadav has won 2 seats __(H)__ Rastriya Janata Party led by Mahanta Thakur has bagged 3 seats. Naya Shakti Party led by former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai has won one seat and an independent was among winning candidates.The vote counting is in __(I)__ for remaining 76 seats. The house of representatives consists of 275 members, of which 165 would be elected directly under the first-past-the- post system while the __(J)__ 110 will come through the proportional representation system.

Which of the following words most appropriately fits the blank labelled (D)?

1
premise
2
demise
3
dissension
4
precision
5
alliance

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