In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
The most urgent areas of attention and immediate action are nutrition, health and education of children, whose well-being (1)__________
the health of the society and caring outlook of the polity. Since the causes of malnutrition of children are many, like exploding
population, (2)__________ against the female child, weak and suffering mothers, the remedy calls for ‘care of the mother and care by
mother’,(3)__________, an effective control over population explosion. Ignorance on what food should be taken is another (4)__________
factor that results in malnutrition among women and children. The implementation of various schemes to fight the (5)__________ of
malnutrition and undernourishment of children requires planning, co-ordination and monitoring by high-powered bodies right down to
the village level.