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SBI PO Prelims Model Paper 17

Directions (Q. 21-23): Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which one sentence has been deleted. From the given options,choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Question : 21

Total: 100

At the Myanmar media development conference in December last year, journalists and editors had sounded pessimistic about pressfreedom and censorship. _____________________________________. But there was near total consensus that the crisis in Rakhine -after the guerrilla attacks on 30 police stations in August last year by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army - had put the clock backalarmingly on freedom of expression as a whole and media freedom in particular. The all-powerful military had found the crisis rather useful, not only to boost its own image as the protector of national sovereignty but also to reinforce the draconian censorship thathad been the overriding feature of 50 years of military rule in Myanmar.

Most of them said the press in Myanmar was still muzzled, and some who had actively supported the movement for democracy andsuffered for it blamed the Aung San Suu Kyi-led government for failing to live up to its promises of ensuring freedom of expression.
The civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi coming to power in 2015 had raised hopes of more respect for media freedom.
There were at least 17 legal provisions - from communication law to electronic law to the dreaded penal code - under whichjournalists could be arrested and perhaps jailed for life.
The old motion picture law is being redrafted amid the debate sparked by the scrapping of a feature film which dealt with themilitary.
To add insult to injury, the authorities provided a photo accompanying the government's statement showing the two journalistsstanding handcuffed behind a table covered with documents, an image designed to suggest their guilt

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