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 gesture of pushing the doomsday clock ahead is understandable given the events that are taking shape across the globe, which may (A) coincide in a catastrophic collapse of the civilizations evolved over millennia. The two serious and (B) intriguing threats are nuclear war and climate change. Nations are piling up (C) arsenals with budgets mounting up for armamentarium, perhaps neglecting the bare necessities. Deals, dialogues, and discussions to address the issues have been made and are ongoing. But the (D) sanctity held to them and the (E) gaze of the implementation is what is shocking.

Both are global threats and neglecting the needed measures would hurt everyone irrespective of nationality or ethnicity and yet surprisingly, there is a gap between the thoughts and deeds, seemingly deprived of the necessary political will.