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प्रश्न
Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option.
If they want to succeed, they ________ have to work very hard.
विकल्प
ought
will
must
should
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उत्तर
If they want to succeed, they will have to work very hard.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In Mann Joseph's debut novel Serious Men, the protagonist, Ayyan Mani, is a U1, scheming Dalit-Buddhist who almost gets away with passing off his partially deaf son, Adi, as a prodigy, a genius who can recite the first 1,000 prime numbers. The garb of satire-where almost every character cuts a sorry figure-gives the author the licence to offer one' of the most bleak and pessimistic portrayals of urban Dalits. Despite his savage portrayal of Dalit (and female) characters-or perhaps because of it? Serious Men has won critical appreciation front a cross-section of readers and critics.
At a time when a formidable body of Dalit literature writing by Dalits about Dalit lives has created a distinct space for itself, how and why is it that a novel such as Serious Men, with its gleefully skewed portrayal of an angry Dalit man, manages to win such accolades? In American literature and particularly in the case of African- American authors and characters these issues of representation have been debated for decades. But in India, the sustained refusal to address issues related to caste in everyday life and the continued and unquestioned predominance of a Brahminical stranglehold over cultural production have led us to a place where non-Dalit portrayal of Dalits in literature, cinema and art remains the norm. The journey of modem Dalit literature has been a difficult one. But even though it has not necessarily enjoyed the support of numbers, we must engage with what Dalits are writing not simply for reasons of authenticity, or as a concession to identity politics, but simply because of the aesthetic value of this body of writing, and for the insights it offers into the human condition. In a society that is still largely unwilling to recognise Dalits as equal, rights bearing human beings, in a society that is inherently indifferent to the everyday violence against Dalits, in a society unwilling to share social and cultural resources equitably with Dalits unless mandated by law (as seen in the anti-reservation discourse), Dalit literature has the potential to humanise non- Dalits and sensitise them to a world into which they have no insight. But before we can understand what Dalit literature is seeking to accomplish, we need first to come to terms with the stranglehold of non-Dalit representations of Dalits.
Rohinton Miary's (A Fine Balance), published 15 years ago, chronicles the travails of two Dalit characters uncle Ishvar and nephew Omprakash who migrate to Bombay and yet cannot escape brutality. While the present of the novel is set at the time of the Emergency, Ishvar's father Dukhy belongs to the era of the anti-colonial nationalist movement. During one of Dukhi's visits to the town, he chances upon a meeting of the Indian National Congress, where speakers spread the "Mahatma's message regarding the freedom struggle, the struggle for justice," and wiping out "the disease of untouchability; ravaging us for centuries, denying dignity to our fellow human beings."
Neither in the 1940s, where the novel's past is set nor in the Emergency period of the 1970swhen the minds and bodies Ishvar and Omprakash, are savaged by the state-do we find any mention of a figure like BR Ambedkar or of Dalit movements. In his 'nationalist' understanding of modem Indian history, Mistry seems to have not veered too far from the road charted by predecessors like Mulk Raj Anand and Premchand. Sixty years after Premchand, Mistry's literary imagination seems stuck in the empathy realism mode, trapping Dalits in abjection. Mistry happily continues the broad stereotype of the Dalit as a passive sufferer, without consciousness of caste politics.
"It is not as if Dalit movements _________ not active during the periods that form A Fine Balance's backdrop." Select the most appropriate choice to fill in the blank in the above sentence:
Choose the right answer to fill in the blank.
If he ____________ a horse he would fly.
Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option.
She stood ________ Amit, but could not utter a single word for quite so me time.
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word.
'When did you last hear ____________ Don?' 'He phoned me just this morning, He'scoming to Delhi next week, so we agreed ____________ a time and place to meet.'
In this question a paragraph with many numbered blank spaces is given. in case of all the spaces, some phrases for filling up, are suggested. The candidate is to pick up the correct response.
______(1)______ evening we decided to ______(2)______ camp as the weather was not encouraging. The wind was high and ______(3)______storrn clouds ______(4)______ a wild wet night. Moreover we ______(5)______ at a spot which looked ______(6)______ for a camp. A level ______(7)______in the lee of a high hill ______(8)______ some shelter from the wind; freshwater was near ______(9)______ in a storm which flowed across the plain; a ______(10)______ of trees provided adequate supplies of fuel; and the dry grass which ______(11)______ on the hill side would enhance the comfort of our beds. Each member of the party ______(12)______ a task. Some erected the tents; others prepared a scanty meal; yet others ______(13)______ to the needs of the ponies, now exhausted after a very strenuous day. As the angry sun sank; the bustle of activity was hushed into silence and each man ______(14)______down to sleep.
1. (a) At the (B)After the (c) In the (d) Before
2. (a) dig (b) fixed (c) plant (d) pitch
3. (a) collecting (b) gathering (c) accumulating (d) moving
4. (a) preceded (b) proceeded (c) predicted (d) proved
5. (a) arrived (b) ' have arrived (c) would arrive (d) hadarrived
6. (a) promise (b) promiseful (c) promising (d) prosperous
7. (a) expense (b) land (c) expanse (d) piece of land
8. (a) gave (b) afforded (c) supplied (d) cast
9. (a) in hand (b) on hand (c) at hand (d) of hand
10. (a) group (b) cluster (c) collection (d) grove
11. (a) abundant (b) luxuriant (c) Abounded (d) abounded in
12. (a) allotted (b) was allotted (c) had allotted (d) has allotted
13. (a) will attend (b) had attended (c) attended (d) would have attended
14. (a) settled (b) settles (c) laid (d) lay
Complete the sentence by filling in the blank with the correct tenses from the given choices by indicating your option.
They say that the Princess _________ incognito at the Sheraton.
In the following sentence, there is a blank space. Below the sentence, there are four words Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.
Your treatment of your servant is _____ mean.
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
The President has a ______ of ______ Around him, where make public appearances.
Jason promised to ______ an attempt to get better grades this year.
Facial expressions and body language, many times, do not display the ______ feelings of a man.
