Question
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Direction: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Discourtesy is not a legal offence and it does not excuse assault and ___(1)___. If a burglar breaks into my house and I knock him down, the law will ___(2)___ me, and if I am physically assaulted, it will permit me to ___(3)___ with reasonable violence. It does this because the burglar and the ___(4)___ have broken quite definite commands of the law. But no legal system could attempt to legislate against bad manners or could ___(5)___ the use of violence against something which it does not itself recognise as a legally punishable offence.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 'Retaliate'.
Key Points
- According to the passage, the law doesn't identify discourtesy as a criminal offence. It is likely to prevail if a person is in unpleasant circumstances due to someone else.
- Let us refer to this line from the passage, "and if I am physically assaulted, it will permit me to ___(3)___ with reasonable violence".
- From the above sentence, it can be deduced that the law allows a person to attack reasonably in self-defence under unfavourable circumstances.
- In option 1, 'retaliate' means to make an attack in return for a similar attack.
- So, 'retaliate' is the correct word for blank no. 3.
So, the correct sentence is - and if I am physically assaulted, it will permit me to retaliate with reasonable violence.
Additional Information
- Let us look into the meanings of other words:
- Intolerant: unable or unwilling to endure.
- Ravaging: affecting destructively.
- Earnest: a serious and intent mental state.
Alternate Method
- In the given sentence, the blank is preceded by 'to' which is a part of the infinitive.
- In infinitive, 'to' is always followed by the base form of verb. So, the word to be filled in the blank should be a verb in the base form.
- In the options,
- Retaliate - Verb
- Intolerant - Adjective
- Ravaging - Adjective
- Earnest - Noun/Adjective
- So, 'retaliate' is the correct word.
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