Question

Ques. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 1. The apologists of terror tell us that the root cause of terrorism is the deprivation of national and civic rights, and that the way to stop terror is to redress the supposed grievances that arise from this deprivation. 2. But the root cause of terrorism, the deliberate targeting of civilians, is not the deprivation of rights. If it were, then in the thousands of conflicts and struggles for national and civil rights in modern times we would see countless instances of terrorism. But we do not. 3. Mahatma Gandhi fought for the Independence of India without resorting to terrorism. So too did the people of Eastern Europe in their struggle to bring down the Berlin Wall and Martin Luther King’s campaign for equal rights for all Americans eschewed all violence, much less terrorism. 4. If the deprivation of rights is indeed the root cause of terrorism, why did all these people pursue their cause without resorting to terror? Put simply, because they were democrats, not terrorists. They believed in the sanctity of each human life, were committed to the ideals of liberty, and championed the values of democracy. 5. But those who practice terrorism do not believe in these things. In fact, they believe in the very opposite. For them, the cause they espouse is, so all encompassing, so total, that it justifies anything. It allows them to break any law, discard any moral code and trample all human rights in the dust. In their eyes, it permits them to indiscriminately murder and maim innocent men and women, and lets them blow up a bus full of children. 6. There is a name for the doctrine that produces this evil. It is called totalitarianism. Only a totalitarian regime, by systemically brainwashing its subjects, can indoctrinate hordes of killers to suspend all moral constraints for the sake of a twisted cause. That is why from its inception totalitarianism has always been wedded to terrorism- from Lenin to Stalin to Hitler to the Ayatollahs to Saddam Hussein, right down to Osama Bin Laden and Yasser Arafat. 7. It is merely that the goals of terrorists do not justify the means they choose, it is that the means they choose tell us what true goals are. Those who fight as terrorists, rule as terrorists. People, who deliberately target the innocent, never become leaders who protect freedom and human rights. When terrorists seize power, they invariably set up the darkest of dictatorships- whether in Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan. [.....ANSWER THE FOLLOWING......] Find words from the passage that mean the same as each of the following. a) hardship due to loss or adequacy (Para 1) b) aiming (Para 2) c) renounce (Para 3) d) intentionally (Para 7)

Answer 1

Explanation:

a)apologists

b)yargetting

c)resorting

d)deliberately

Answer 2

what according the some is the root cause of terrorism