UPSC CDS 2 2019 English Paper

Question Numbers: 18-26Directions: Each of the following passages in this section has some blank spaces with four words or groups of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space.The founders of the Indian Republic (1)______the farsightedness and the courage to commit (2)_____ to two major innovations of historical significance in nation-building and social engineering: first, to (3) ______a democratic and civil (4)______ society among illiterate people and, second, to undertake development (5) _____ democratic political structure. Hitherto, in all economic societies in which an economic takeoff or an early industrial and agricultural (6) ______ had occurred, effective democracy, especially from the working people, had been extremely limited. On the other hand,(7) ______ the beginning, India was committed to (8) _______ democratic and civil libertarian political order and a representative system of government (9)______ on free and fair elections to be conducted on the basis of universal adult franchise.