Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in ea...

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
(1) _________ a letter came to inform them that Raka’s mother Tara had another breakdown and was in a nursing home in Geneva
and that Raka’s grandmother Asha, (2) _________ seen another grandchild safely into the world, was flying to Switzerland to be with
her, Nanda Kaul (3) _________ her lips, (4) _________ the blue sheets of paper with that distasteful sprawl (5) _________ them, and
hid them in her desk.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1 in the given passage.