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Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below-:
Among the students of democracy, there is a dominant trend that seeks to focus on an assessment, particularly of liberal democracy, keeping in view two main aspects: the substantive and the procedural. The procedural aspect involves constitutional guarantees, which in turn offer every citizen an equal right to participate in the political spaces that are formally open to the former without distinction. The core concern of procedural democracy is that a right-bearing citizen by virtue of their right to participate in such spaces enjoys equal worth, particularly in the electoral arena. To put simply, the right to vote carries equal value inasmuch as it has the power to decide the electoral fate of the candidate. Citizens enjoy these rights not because they belong to a particular region or religion, or speak a particular language, but because they have been bestowed with this opportunity by the Constitution. Several constitutional provisions enable a citizen not only to vote, but also to express their authentic voice in the formulation of public policies that have bearing not just on their particular interest as individuals, but on the general welfare of the public.
Democracy as an open space, thus, in constitutional terms, enables an individual citizen to exist in the country without anyone’s permission, patronage, or sympathy. Citizens, in an ideal situation, thus, do not have any need to exist in the country with anyone’s courtesy or favour. Put differently, citizenship is not based on any kind of structural hierarchy.
However, the democratic practice in the Indian context evolved into something that has been exactly opposite to the spirit of liberal democracy. The focus of political and electoral mobilisation, particularly by some political parties, has shifted from the need to promote an enlightened individual citizen to sliding down to group mobilisation based on caste and religious community. Such parties with a communal, sectarian orientation have sought to dissolve individual citizens into the “constraining” logic of specific communities. This has been done with one single purpose, that of creating a political majority based on religion. Put differently, the particularisation of voters is a logically necessary condition to create and consolidate a party’s political identity as the party of the majority community; majority that is ethnic rather than democratic.
The political project that involves the dissolution of individual or individuated citizens into the specific framework of either caste or religion, is carried out less with passive indifference and more with intense feelings of hatred for a person who belongs to minority. Such reduction of a person to minoritisation is morally coercive. It is offensive to the extent that it denies members from the community an opportunity for self-realisation as enlightened citizens.
Democracy as an open political space, therefore, is only the necessary or initial condition inasmuch as it allows a person to exercise their right to participate in such spaces. But the constitutional provision for open spaces, though necessary, is not enough for the self-realisation of a person enjoying equal worth and civic attention. It does not guarantee a citizen equal worth and equal civic attention. Every citizen who is a constitutive part of the open space called democracy has to be embedded with ethical readiness to acknowledge the other’s moral need of equal worth.
Q1. What does the political project involve, according to the passage?
(A) It involves the dissolution into the specific framework.
(B) It involves the separation of individual citizens.
(C) The project involves certain framework based on caste and religion.
(1) Only A
(2) Both A and B
(3) Both A and C
(4) Only B
(5) All of the above
Q2. Which of the following right/s is/are enabled by a citizen, according to the passage?
(A) Right to express their voice in the creation of policies.
(B) Right to vote for the hardship of the public.
(C) Right to participate in political spaces.
(1) Only A
(2) Both A and B
(3) All Except A
(4) Both A and C
(5) All of the above
Q3. Which of the following would be the suitable title for the passage?
01. Dominant Trend among the students of democracy.
02. Democracy and its practices.
03. In need of Sensitive Democracy.
04. Democracy: An open political space
05. In Search of a Morally Sensitive Democracy.
Q4. What is/are the key concern/s of procedural democracy, according to the passage?
(1) Citizens do not enjoy rights specifically in elections.
(2) A citizen has the right to participate in religious spaces.
(3) A citizen has equal worth in electoral arena.
(4) Only (3)
(5) Both (2) and (3)
Q5.Which of the following is FALSE in context of the passage?
(A) Democracy enables an individual citizen to exist in the country without anyone’s permission.
(B) The particularisation of voters is not required to create a party’s political identity.
(C) The procedural aspect involves constitutional guarantees and offer every citizen an equal right.
(D) Citizens do not have any need to exist in the country with anyone’s favour.
01. Only A and D
02. Only B, C and D
03. All except A
04. Only B
05. Only C
Directions (6-10): In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
A full match usually takes just under an hour. It is _ (A) to watch even for the unversed spectator. A smooth backhand, the tremble of thudding hooves, a huddle of beasts and mallets undone with a precise swing, and, in culmination, the rapid, harmonious charge of horse and rider. Despite these obvious attractions, however, polo struggles to find a _ (B) audience in India. The sport must negotiate three major _ (C). The first is logistical: A polo field is about three times the size of a football field, making it impractical in space-crunched cities. Even cities that are building a riding and equestrian culture, such as Pune, don’t have polo-training facilities. Polo is also a/an _ (D) sport. Professional players need to buy their own horses and be able to pay for their upkeep. Nor is it very television-friendly; the game is extremely fast, and centered on a tiny ball that zips between thundering hooves. _ (E) polo requires an elaborate multiple-camera set-up.
Q-6. Choose the correct option for (A).
01. Thrilling
02. Upsetting
03. Depressing
04. Fabulous
05. Discouraging
Q-7. Choose the correct option for (B).
01. Oversize
02. Scanty
03. Meagre
04. Large
05. Small
Q-8. Choose the correct option for (C).
01. Benefits
02. Hurdles
03. Hiccups
04. Advantages
05. Break
Q-9. Choose the correct option for (D).
01. Reasonable
02. Precious
03. Expensive
04. Amusing
05. Valuable
Q-10. Choose the correct option for (E).
01. Circulating
02. Showing
03. Suppressing
04. Hiding
05. Televising
Solution:
1. (5) The answer lies in the second last paragraph of the passage.
2. (4) The answer lies in the first paragraph of the passage.
3. (5) After reading the passage, the suitable title that can be derived is –In Search of a Morally Sensitive Democracy.
4. (4) The answer lies in the first paragraph of the passage
5. (4) The answer can be inferred after reading the whole passage.
6. (1) Thrill (v.) – cause (someone) to have a sudden feeling of excitement
7. (4)
8. (2) Hurdle (n) - a problem or difficulty that must be overcome.
9. (3)
10. (5) Televise (v.)- record for or transmit by television
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