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. 4.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 'Assailant'.
Key Points
- The central idea of the passage is that discourtesy is not recognised as a crime by law and thus, it is not legally punishable.
- Let us refer to this line from the passage, "It does this because the burglar and the ___(4)___ have broken quite definite commands of the law".
- The above sentence is a continuation of the previous sentence which tells that if a burglar breaks into a person's house and the person attacks the burglar in self-defence, the law will acquit the person as both the burglar and the attacker have gone against the law to some extent.
- In option 2, 'assailant' means someone who attacks another.
- So, 'assailant' is the correct word for blank no. 4
So, the correct sentence is - It does this because the burglar and the assailant have broken quite definite commands of the law.
Additional Information
- Let us look into the meanings of other words:
- Owner: one who has the legal or rightful title to something.
- Accomplice: a partner in crime.
- Advocate: a person who works and argues in support of another's cause especially in court.
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