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Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in blank (1): 'Little (1) ______ a year ago, Rama Rao went out of work when a gramophone company, of which he was the Malgudi agent, went out of existence. He had put into that agency the little money he had (2) ______ as security. For five years his business brought him (3) ______ money, just enough to help him keep his wife and children in good comfort. And one day, it was (4) ______. A series of (5) ______ in the world of trade, commerce, banking, and politics was responsible for it.'