Direction: 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.

In most enterprises around the world, it is the information technology infrastructure that is undergoing the most rapid upgradation. Perhaps this is a direct result of the rate of (131) in the information technology industry, (132), with new (133) and business (134) invading our consciousness everyday. In this context, it is the (135) of this new technology that looms (136) as an issue (137) the chief information officers of end-user organisations. Given the (138) of magnitude (139) the investments required and associated (140) in human terms in order to effect change of this magnitude, this concern is hardly surprising.