JIPMAT 2025
Grammar
Parts of Speech
Easy
Unlike, (i) Britain, the Indian Constitution has a Bill of Rights. This was a break with the past and the roots of the change lay in the history of the Indian freedom. Prior to the enactment of the Parliamentary Act of 1935, demands were made (ii) India for the incorporation into the Act a Bill of Rights. This demand was rejected by the British Government following its own tradition that freedom was best preserved not by constitutional provisions but by adherence to the rule of law and to unwritten practices and conventions. This was not (iii) to the Indian mind which had long suffered from discriminations, disabilities and oppressive acts of the foreign rulers. To Indians, as to most modern minds, a Bill of Rights was an essential feature of a complete Constitution. It has been said that "the Indian reaction" (in enacting the Bill of Rights), "like the American reaction, is in large measure a product of the British rule." The Indian Bill of Rights (iv), in a certain measure, the pattern of the Constitution of the United States of America, but it has also borrowed (v) from other Constitutions, and some of its provisions are indicative of the peculiar difficulties of the institutions of the country itself.
Pick the most appropriate word to fill (iii) in the given passage:
Pick the most appropriate word to fill (iii) in the given passage:
✅ Correct Option: 3
"This was not (iii) to the Indian mind which had long suffered from discriminations, disabilities and oppressive acts of the foreign rulers."The passage discusses how the British approach to constitutional rights (relying on unwritten practices rather than written guarantees) was rejected by Indians based on their historical experience with discrimination. We need an adjective that describes how Indians viewed this British approach.
The correct form should be an adjective that follows the verb "was not" and describes the British approach from the Indian perspective. Since the passage indicates that Indians did not agree with the British approach, "acceptable" (option 3) is the most appropriate choice."This was not acceptable to the Indian mind" correctly conveys that Indians found the British approach unacceptable based on their historical experiences with oppression.
The other options don't work grammatically in this context:"accepted" would indicate a completed action rather than a state "accepting" is a present participle and doesn't fit after "was not" "acceptably" is an adverb, not appropriate following "was not"Therefore, the correct answer is "acceptable" (option 3).
The correct form should be an adjective that follows the verb "was not" and describes the British approach from the Indian perspective. Since the passage indicates that Indians did not agree with the British approach, "acceptable" (option 3) is the most appropriate choice."This was not acceptable to the Indian mind" correctly conveys that Indians found the British approach unacceptable based on their historical experiences with oppression.
The other options don't work grammatically in this context:"accepted" would indicate a completed action rather than a state "accepting" is a present participle and doesn't fit after "was not" "acceptably" is an adverb, not appropriate following "was not"Therefore, the correct answer is "acceptable" (option 3).
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