In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Comprehension:

Scarcity is not created by war; (1)______ is a permanent characteristic of all human (2)______ and has been faced by the whole human (3)______. It springs from the fact that the material resources of the world are (4)______ and that our ability to make use of those resources is even more limited (5)______ our ignorance.