Comprehension Passage

Directions: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Sometimes, only a thin line separates the use of power from its ___(1)___. Political calculations, not medical sense or the public interest, went into the setting up of the inquiry commission ___(2)___ the circumstances that led to the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in December 2016. In order to ease the process of re-integrating himself with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) after a period of ___(3)___, former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam laid a precondition for his coming back to the fold — a probe into Jayalalithaa’s death. The AIADMK’s Edappadi K. Palaniswami found it easy to ___(4)___ as the purported antagonist — V.K. Sasikala, Jayalalithaa’s aide — was a common enemy. Thus, the A. Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was ___(5)___ in September 2017. The first sign of trouble in this post-mortem deconstruction was when Apollo Hospitals, where Jayalalithaa was ___(6)___ until her death, claimed the CoI was seeking to fix criminal intent on the part of the hospital. The hospital approached the Madras High Court pleading that the CoI was not ___(7)___ to inquire into the correctness of treatment meted out, and went on to suggest, as it did to the CoI in 2018, that a medical board be constituted to assist the judge, but it was rejected. The Supreme Court stayed the proceedings before the CoI in April 2019. In 2021, the Supreme Court ___(8)___ the constitution of a medical panel from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, to advise the CoI. This panel ___(9)___ its report earlier this month, agreeing with the hospital’s submission that Jayalalithaa had suffered a matrix of diseases, for which she was given correct and ___(10)___ treatment, and averred with the final diagnosis.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

1
Intervention
2
Determination
3
Adoption
4
Attention
5
Isolation

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