Multiple choice

Directions: The statement below is followed by five others. Select the one which most complements the idea contained in the given statement.

If the society is organised as a political entity, elections and other political processes will tend to exacerbate conflict;

  1. but this will happen only when we indulge in politics of division

  2. social and cultural divisions get sharpened under tutelage of the political masters

  3. that is perhaps an inadvertent price we have to pay for democracy

  4. properly directed they could be used to reduce it

  5. that is perhaps why autocracies have better conflict management
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Note that the given part of the sentence ends with a semicolon. This means that the missing part should restate or illustrate the argument or present an opposite view. (3) and (5) need to begin as new sentences. (1) needs only a comma. (2) is irrelevant.

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