Given below is a passage with four blanks. Fill those blanks with the options provided as P, Q, R, |
S, in correct order, to make the passage readable and also sensible one. |
The vice-president of India, Hamid Ansari, is renowned as a scholar and a seasoned diplomat. His speech_____ (I) _____gave ample proof of these qualities. He_____ (II) ___, to stress the need for affirmative action to help the Muslim community of India. At a time when shrill propaganda by ideologues seems to have become the norm, Mr. Ansari's speech sounded remarkably reasonable. The much-hyped slogan of the Central government, "Sabka saath, sabka vikas", indeed makes little sense if every religious community cannot progress equally. And there is___ (III) _____, as |
Mr. Ansari correctly pointed out. However, going strictly by the Constitution, Mr Ansari should not have been giving this speech at all. The vice-president is ____ |
(IV)____vacant. As a titular head of State, the |
President is not expected to publicly criticize the functioning of an elected government. It follows from this that such criticism would be deemed improper if it comes from the Vice- President too. |
P: not only the ex-officio chairperson of the council of States, he also acts as the president when the latter's office falls |
Q: referred to documents such as the Sachar |
Committee report of 2006 and the Kundu report of 2014, and to scholarly writers such as Sheikh Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi and the Algerian-French philosopher, Mohammed Arkoun |
R: at the 50th anniversary session of the All India |
Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat |
S: no reason why one community should be favoured and another deprived when the constitution ensures equal rights for everyone |
A) RPSQ
B) PQRS
C) RQSP
D) SPRQ
E) None of these
Correct Answer: C
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