ENGLISH LANGUAGE - Cloze Test Based on The Hindu Editorial
The
Supreme Court has (1) with the question whether a provision
in electoral law that makes it a corrupt (2) to use religion, race, caste or
language as a ground for canvassing votes in an election is a bar limited to
the groups to which candidates or their (3) belong, or whether it is a
general prohibition on sectarian appeals. Section 123(3) of the Representation
of the People Act, 1951, as (4) in 1961, gave rise to this
doubt. By a four-three majority, a seven-member Bench has ruled that it is a
general prohibition on the use of religion or (5) other communal or sectarian value in
the electoral arena. The minority favoured (6) the ambit of the sub-section to cover
only candidates who (7) votes on such grounds, or the rivals
they wanted the voters not to back on similar grounds. That secularism is the (8) of our democracy is undisputed.
That the electoral process ought not to permit (9) to the electorate on these narrow
grounds is equally beyond doubt. Against this backdrop, it is only logical that
the Supreme Court should decide that it is a “corrupt
practice” for candidates to use any caste or communal
parameters to canvass for votes or to discredit a rival, (10) of whether the candidates
themselves belong to such religious, communal or linguistic groups.
1).
a) Asked
b) grappled
c) Answered
d) Argued
e) Warned
2).
a) Practice
b) Society
c) Rule
d) Theory
e) Mind
3).
a) Defenders
b) Supporters
c) Party
d) Group
e) Rivals
4).
a) Rule
b) Law
c) Amended
d) Exercise
e) unfounded
5).
a) Through
b) Any
c) No
d) In
e) Entire
6).
a) Over
b) On
c) Domineering
d) Limiting
e) By
7).
a) Sought
b) Support
c) Collects
d) Favours
e) Reach
8).
a) bedrock
b) Effect
c) Combination
d) Result
e) Collection
9).
a) Rules
b) Look
c) Appeals
d) Changes
e) Revise
10).
a) Account
b) Regardless
c) Effect
d) Means
e) Practice
Answers
:
1)
B
2) A .
3) E
4)
C
5) B .
6) D
7)
A
8) A
9) C
10) B
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