Directions: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has ___(1)___ a ‘normal’ monsoon for this year or 99% of the Long Period Average (LPA) of 87 cm. The IMD has a multi-stage monsoon forecast system. The April forecast usually has little detail on how much rain is ___(2)___ during each of the monsoon months, and whether the rain will be lopsided or evenly ___(3)___ geographically. The IMD usually shares this in late May or early June, just around the time the monsoon is ___(4)___ over Kerala. The forecast in April is thus only a general ___(5)___ and of little public ___(6)___. A normal monsoon forecast this year is also ___(7)___ on the absence of an El Niño, a warming of the Central Pacific ___(8)___ to the drying up of monsoon rains. However, another ocean parameter called the Indian Ocean Dipole, the positive phase of which is ___(9)___ with good rains, has also been forecast to be ‘neutral’ or ___(10)___ for the monsoon.