Multiple choice

Directions: Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (112).

Almost everyone who knows anything at all about India has heard of the caste system; almost every outsider and many people in India (111)__ and criticize it as a whole. People now believe that rather it _(112)_ the value system of India but there are undoubtedly many who still accept its basic theory. There is a strong need to (113)people about the __(114) effects it has on the working of the society as a whole. This system has withstood the strenuous efforts of innumerable Hindu reformers who raised their votes against it. The very thought of raising a revolt against this practice, fills the heart of the masses with the feelings of (115) and make them (116). It is only in the present that it is seriously threatened and its very basis has been attacked.

  1. secession

  2. gleans

  3. desecrates

  4. extorts

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct answer is 'desecrates' which means to violate or treat something sacred with disrespect. In the context, the sentence suggests that the caste system violates or defiles the value system of India, creating a contrast between those who criticize it and those who still accept its basic theory. The other options (secession, gleans, extorts) do not fit the context of violating a value system.

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