Multiple choice

Directions: Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (116).

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. dither

  2. dangle

  3. subsume

  4. defame

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Explanation

The correct answer is 'dither' which means to be hesitant or undecided. In context, the passage suggests that the very thought of revolt makes people hesitate, feel unsure, or become indecisive (dither). The other options are less appropriate: dangle means to hang loosely, subsume means to include or absorb, and defame means to damage someone's reputation.

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