In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Comprehension:
The world is undergoing rapid changes in the knowledge landscape. With various dramatic scientific and technological advances, such
as the rise of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, many unskilled jobs worldwide may be taken over by machines, while
the need for a skilled workforce, particularly involving mathematics, computer science, and data science, in conjunction with
multidisciplinary abilities across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, (1)_______ increasingly in greater demand. With climate
change, increasing pollution, and depleting natural resources, there will be a sizeable shift in how we (2)_________ the world’s energy,
water, food, and sanitation needs, again resulting in the need for new skilled labour, particularly in biology, chemistry, physics,
agriculture, climate science, and social science. The growing (3)__________ of epidemics and pandemics will also (4)________
collaborative research in infectious disease management and development of vaccines and the resultant social issues heightens the
need for multidisciplinary learning. There will be a growing (5)_______ for humanities and art, as India moves towards becoming
a developed country as well as among the three largest economies in the world.