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प्रश्न
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______ Gandhiji, ahimsa means infinite love.
विकल्प
in favour of
in case of
according to
on the whole
on account of
on behalf of
in spite of
instead of
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उत्तर
according to Gandhiji, ahimsa means infinite love.
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- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
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