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. Democracy should (1)................ dignity of the individual. It should also aim at the (2)................ good of the greatest (3)................ . The opposition party should (4)................ the wrong plans, policies and decisions of the government in power. The government should cater to the (5)................ needs of the people to make its position solid. 1.

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In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option. Literature is a (1)................ through which a person conveys his ideas towards or protest (2)................ different norms of society. The words that deal with a (3)................ issue are of particular importance in literature. They are (4)................ with a particular purpose in (5)................. 1.

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In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option. An independent, able and upright judiciary is the hallmark of a free (1)................ country therefore, the process of judicial appointment is of (2)................ importance. At present on account of the Supreme Court's last advisory opinion, the (3)................ of the executive and its interference in the appointment of judges is (4)................ which in light of previous is most (5)................. 1.

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In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option. Language, they say, is the (1)................ through which human beings perceive the world. If so, English is perhaps the most (2)................ lens through which to see animals. It has (3)................ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl. The very word "animal" can (4)................ the brutish and the sensual. Animal (5)................ imply baseness and vulgarity. 1.

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