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"Tryst with Destiny" was a speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in Parliament, on 14th August 1947. It is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of all times and to be a landmark oration that captures the essence of the triumphant culmination of the largely non­violent Indian independence struggle against the British Empire in India.

"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon the assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity. We cannot encourage communalism or narrow­mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.

To the people of India, whose representatives we are, this is no time for petty and destructive criticism, no time for ill will or blaming others. We have to build the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell".

Select the answer which best reflects Nehru's point of view.

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Guardians of

P-the tyranny of the state
Q-four square against
R-intellectual liberty must stand

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We are told that its

P-Public Distribution System
Q-creating a functional
R-sole purpose is the noble goal of

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In punishment for the uprising,

P - ­called tributes, to participate
Q­ - each of the twelve districts must provide
R­ - one girl and one boy,

Choose the word that best defines the given phrase

‘A written account of the life of an individual’

A watch which gains uniformly is 2 minutes low at noon on Monday and is 4 min. 48 sec fast at 2 p.m. on the following Monday. When was it correct?

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Hit hard by austerity measures

P-government, they lead
Q-of the Conservative
R-lives embedded in anxiety

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The loss of these

P-­young, and often
Q­-make us ponder
R-­bright, people must