Directions (1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case.
An election that isn’t free is not fair
either. With violence by political protesters marring the by-election in the
Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, resulting in the lowest-ever voter turnout of
around 7%, the Election Commission was left with no choice but to put off the
by-election in Anantnag. After (1) the advice of the Union
Home Ministry against the conduct of elections in the Kashmir Valley, the EC
had to perforce go by the report of the State administration that the law and
order situation in Anantnag constituency was not (2) to holding of
polls on April 12. Certainly, the EC is right in maintaining that it was not
bound to consult the Union Home Ministry before deciding to conduct elections,
but as demonstrated by (3) events, the Centre had
called this matter correctly. The security forces were unprepared for the scale
of violence, and failed to ensure conditions for free, unrestricted polling.
Whatever the reasons or (4) for the violence in
Srinagar, which left eight people dead and more than 170 injured, the end
result was that most voters chose to stay away from polling stations. One
polling station was set afire; many were (5) shut following attacks.
Unlike a general election, where a change of government is possible, a
by-election does not interest voters to any great degree. And, unlike in a
general election protesters find it easier to disrupt the polling process in a
by-election. For voters, the political stakes are low and the physical risks
high. Whether they were too scared to vote or they heeded the calls for a
boycott of the poll process, the by-election appeared like an elaborate (6)
exercise that was robbed of all political (7).
After the higher voter (8) in recent
years in the Valley, the way the Srinagar by-election unfolded is indicative of
a dramatic slide in the political situation. The killing of Burhan Wani, a
‘commander’ of the Hizbul Mujahideen, by security forces in July last year set
off a new cycle of violence in Kashmir that does not seem to have ended to this
day as stone-pelting is met with pellet guns. In these circumstances,
by-elections may have no political meaning. In any case, without free re-polling
in all the booths that (9) violence, the result in
this election counts for little. Ideally, re-polling in Srinagar too should be
put off by a few weeks. But Kashmiris will also need a larger political (10)
to go to the polling booths, a belief that they are in charge of their own
lives and that their vote will count for something. Otherwise staying at home
might seem the better option to facing the stones of protesters and the guns of
security forces. Time alone will not heal wounds.
(1) (1) acknowledging,(2) disregarding,(3) refusing, (4)ignoring, (5) focussing
(2) (1) imperative, (2)relative, (3)conductive, (4) consecutive, (5) clamorous
(3) (1) upcoming, (2)posterior, (3) proximate, (4) follow, (5)subsequent
(4) (1) annoyance, (2)inducement, (3) justification, (4) grievance, (5)provocations
(5) (1) Temporarily, (2) permanently, (3) briefly, (4) transitory, (5)smoothly
(6) (1) reasonable, (2) farcical, (3)outrageous, (4) sensible, (5) ridiculous
(7) (1) permissibility, (2)authority, (3)conformity, (4)legitimacy, (5)constitutional
(8) (1) Participation, (2)presence, (3)assistant, (4) engaged, (5)contributed
(9) (1) alleged, (2) authentication, (3) supported, (4)observation, (5)witnessed
(10) (1) incitation, (2) spur, (3) motivation, (4) deterrent, (5)depression
Answer
(2) (1) imperative, (2)relative, (3)conductive, (4) consecutive, (5) clamorous
(3) (1) upcoming, (2)posterior, (3) proximate, (4) follow, (5)subsequent
(4) (1) annoyance, (2)inducement, (3) justification, (4) grievance, (5)provocations
(5) (1) Temporarily, (2) permanently, (3) briefly, (4) transitory, (5)smoothly
(6) (1) reasonable, (2) farcical, (3)outrageous, (4) sensible, (5) ridiculous
(7) (1) permissibility, (2)authority, (3)conformity, (4)legitimacy, (5)constitutional
(8) (1) Participation, (2)presence, (3)assistant, (4) engaged, (5)contributed
(9) (1) alleged, (2) authentication, (3) supported, (4)observation, (5)witnessed
(10) (1) incitation, (2) spur, (3) motivation, (4) deterrent, (5)depression
Answer
(1) -4 ignoring
(2) -3 conductive
(3)- 5 subsequent
(4) – 5 provocations
(5) -1 temporarily
(6) -2 farcical
(7)- 4 legitimacy
(8) -1 participation
(9) -5 witnessed
(10) -3 motivation
(2) -3 conductive
(3)- 5 subsequent
(4) – 5 provocations
(5) -1 temporarily
(6) -2 farcical
(7)- 4 legitimacy
(8) -1 participation
(9) -5 witnessed
(10) -3 motivation
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