Comprehension

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Man and his _____ are two distinct things, whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a _____ deed, disapprobation, the doer of the deed whether good or _____ always deserves _____ or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which, though easy enough to understand, is rarely _____ and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.

is rarely _____ and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.

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  1. followed
  2. practised
  3. justified
  4. acknowledged

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Option 2 : practised
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The concerned sentence mentions the idea of ‘Hate the sin and not the sinner’, which it says is easy to understand. We need an action in relation to the precept, the lack of which spreads the poison of hatred in the world. So even if you understand an idea but do not practise or perform it, it can have the above mentioned consequence. Thus, option 2 is the best fit answer. ‘Following’ and ‘acknowledging’ are not same as ‘practising’.
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