Question

Right now India __ (face) a big dilemma. The crime rate among juveniles __ (increase). One of the theories, to__ (contain) it, __ (favour) strong punishment for the parents. How can parents be __(punish) for the crime committed by their ward? In the previous social set up parents __(hold) responsible for the acts of their children by society. Society__(be) strong then,now law__ (be). (**The primary auxiliary 'Be' has three forms - is/was,am /are/were,

Answer 1

The blanks can be filled as follows:

Right now India is facing a big dilemma. The crime rate among juveniles has increased.  One of the theories, to contain it, favors strong punishment for the parents. How can parents be punished for the crime committed by their ward? In the previous social set up parents held responsible for the acts of their children by society. Society was strong then, now law is.

English Grammar

• While answering grammar questions, we need to keep in mind that each statement when analyzed properly will tell us about the correct answer.

• In the passage above, we can analyze the correct option by reading each statement and analyzing the tense of it.

Answer 2

1. Right now India  is facing (face) a big dilemma.
2. The crime rate among juveniles have increased (increase).
3. One of the theories, to contain (contain) it, favors (favour) strong punishment for the parents.
4. How can parents be punished (punish) for the crime committed by their ward?
5. In the previous social set up parents hold (hold) responsible for the acts of their children by society.
6. Society was (be) strong then,now law will be (be).

the verbs are given in the bracket and their correct form must be written in the blank.