Comprehension Passage
Direction: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Choose the correct word from the given options which fits the blank appropriately.
As is well-known, Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj contained a severe ____(1)____ of modern western civilization. He diagnosed the root cause of the disease of modern ____(2)____ as violence. It was rooted in and ____(3)____ by violence both direct and structural and consequentially, it generated and ____(4)____ more violence. The other dangers that Gandhi identified in modern western civilization were that it dismissed religion and ____(5)____ from human life.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 3
1
sustained
2
abbreviated
3
truncated
4
disdained