Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Many of our cultural practices and patterns can be traced to our agrarian backgrounds. There is a close connection ___(1)___ agriculture and culture. The nature and practice of agriculture __(2)__ greatly across the different regions of the country. These variations are reflected in the different __(3)__ cultures. One can say that both the culture __(4)___ social structure in rural India are closely bound __(5)__ with agricultural and agrarian ways of life.