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Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable words from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. In most cases, one would accept the demise of a nonagenarian as an (81). However, it was not so with the 1965 war hero, Marshal Arjan Singh. The only officer in our military history to be decorated with the Marshal rank (82) his last in New Delhi at the age of 98. The 1965 Indo-Pak war hero is and has been in the hearts of very many war veterans, new entrants into the armed forces, and society (83) which shall always respect him for the honours that (84) to the country due to his capabilities and timely decision-making. Born in a military family at Laylpur in 1919, Arjan Singh was (85) for the Empire Pilot training course at RAF Cranwell at the young age of 19. He (86) over 60 different types of aircraft from pre-World War II-era biplanes to the more (87) Gnats and Vampires, Super Constellation, etc. He flew Westland Wapiti biplanes in the North Western Frontier Province as a member of the No. 1 IAF Squadron at his first posting. After a brief transfer (88) with the newly formed No. 2 IAF Squadron, he moved back to No. 1 as a Flying Officer. He led the (89) as the Squadron Leader against the Japanese during the Arakan Campaign in 1944. He also assisted the advance of the allied forces to Rangoon. Further, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DEC) in 1944. He was given command of the IAF Display flight flying Hawker Hurricanes after the war. At independence, he led the (90) of over a hundred IAF aircraft over the Red Fort in Delhi.

A)  at all                           

B)  all in all           

C)    by and large     

D)    partly        

E)  at large