Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
All the political parties of India appear lost in the (931) exercise of fighting elections. There is nothing (932) about a (933) for votes in a democracy as India is and must (934). But democracies defeat themselves when they are (935) with the (936) of politics and must forget its (937). The growing political (938) in India (939) from the political parties’ (940) contempt for any real development.
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- positivism
- pessimism
- optimism
- pragmatism
- positivism
Correct Option: B
Note : The Parts of Speech have been used according to the context of the Passage.
pessimism (N.)
pessimism (Noun) : a feeling that bad things will happen and that something will not be successful
positivism (Noun) : a system of philosophy based on things that can be seen/proved, rather than on ideas
optimism (Noun) : a feeling that good things will happen and that something will be successful
pragmatism (Noun) : thinking about solving problems in a practical and sensible way rather
than by having fixed ideas and theories.
