Directions (Q. 1-10): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Notwithstanding the role of politics in (1) decisions, any criticism of the Modi government’s latest stand must be (2) with the view that the death penalty is no (3) to heinous crimes. The moral and social (4) in criminal justice must always be on establishing guilt and awarding (5) punishment, the worst of which should be a lifelong prison term. Death sentences achieve little more than arithmetic equivalence. In the case of the Gujarat riots, there has been a campaign to characterise the violence as a “spontaneous reaction” to be Godh ra tr ain-burning incident. The strongest (6) of this theory lies in the Naroda-Patiya verdict of August 2012, which laid bare the existence of a (7) involving BJP and Sangh leaders. The Gujarat government, the Special Investigation Team and the (8) should focus on sustaining such convictions in the higher courts instead of seeking the death penalty out of a misconception that only capital punishment is complete justice. And investigators and prosecutors throughout the country would do well to (9) the need to identify the (10) and establish their guilt in all cases involving organised mob terrorism rather than labouring for death sentences.
1. 1) creating 2) influencing 3) effecting
4) informing 5) inflicting
2. 1) tempered 2) seen 3) kept
4) looked 5) tested
3. 1) clue 2) return 3) response
4) answer 5) insolence
4. 1) desire 2) uplift 3) imperative
4) duty 5) status
5. 1) proper 2) better 3) corroborative
4) corresponding 5) condign
6. 1) reprimand 2) rebuttal 3) revolt
4) salvation 5) resurgence
7. 1) consternation 2) consistency 3) consolation
4) conspiracy 5) consortium
8. 1) prosecution 2) perspective 3) prospective
4) property 5) proposal
9. 1) align 2) solve 3) address
4) feel 5) help
10. 1) enemy 2) faults 3) friend
4) assistance 5) culprit
Answer :-
| Q. 1 (2) | Q. 2 (1) | Q. 3 (4) | Q. 4 (3) | Q. 5 (5) |
| Q. 6 (2) | Q. 7 (4) | Q. 8 (1) | Q. 9 (3) | Q. 10 (5) |
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