Directions(A-E): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
 Pythons are (A) non-venomous snakes found (B) in damp places or rocky ledges near marshes or in dense (C). They are considered to be the most primitive (D) the living snakes, (E) they retain the traces of hind limbs of a by gone era in the form of horny claw-like spurs, which are present on either side of the anus. These hind limbs are functionless in female pythons.

Q:

QID D.

• 1
  among
• 2
  over
• 3
  between
• 4
  in