In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternative option for each blak.

PASSAGE The political condition of India in the eighteenth century was one of extreme disunity ........82........ the decline of the Mughal empire, no ........83........ Indian power emerged to take its ........84........ in strength and prestige and to unite the ........85........  under a central authority. The Marathas who rose ........86........  the position of pre- eminence among the new Indian states did not prove capable of fulfilling that task.   85