Directions: Mark the best option to fill in the blank (25) that makes logical sense of the passage.

Directions: Read the passage and fill the blanks.

Today, as citizens of free India, we _____(16)_____ both our democracy and our secularism. We cannot imagine _____(17)_____ in a country where we _____(18)_____ not elect our representatives to govern us, and where; whatever our caste, creed or sex, we did not _____(19)_____ the right to freedom of speech, freedom of worship and equality before the law.  No system of government _____(20)_____ perfect, but democracy _____(21)_____ the best.  We know this because it recognizes the dignity of man and _____(22)_____ people ample opportunities to _____(23)_____ strong and self-reliant. Nor can we imagine our government discriminating among its citizens on religious grounds, for many religions _____(24)_____ here and together they _____(25)_____ to our rich national heritage.  In the modern world, nations cannot be founded on religion. Today, religion _____(26)_____ the private and sacred concern of individuals, not of governments. Freedom is not a gift. It is an achievement. Like anything of value it _____(27)_____ to be safeguarded. There is no guarantee that people will always remain free. And the threat to freedom does not always _____(28)_____from outside. More often it comes from within. History _____(29)_____ us that lack of unity is a bigger danger to freedom than any outside threat. Its greatest safeguard is a _____(30)_____ country.

In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.