In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Irony. .................word captures our response to the ongoing nationwide drought in more ways than one. We have woken.................the reality of drought a full six months after the end of monsoon. After waking up, we focus .................the drinking water.................in urban centres and not the multidimensional crisis of life and livelihood in .................hinterland.