Multiple choice

While Mrs. Gandhi stood like a ________ against India's natural tendency towards ________ on the basis of caste, religion and ethnicity, she ignored the ________ and left it in the hands of ideologues and Xenophobes who always hated MNCs.

  1. Himalaya, division, country

  2. deterrent, fission, economy

  3. rock, splinter, economy

  4. rock, disintegration, nation

  5. Goliath, differentiate, detail

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A person stands like a rock against obstacles. The last blank can be filled using both economy and nation to make good sense. But it is the middle blank, which differentiates the correct answer, because it is disintegration that refers to the process of breaking up.