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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.
Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, (Q.96) to destroy them. The (Q.97) framers did not use this symbolic term for a court to come along 66 years (Q.98) and (Q.99) it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual (Q.100) the society.

Find the appropriate word for Q.98.

  1. A
    late
  2. B
    lately
  3. C
    later
  4. D
    latest

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The passage refers to an event happening 66 years after the framing of the constitution. The adverb "later" is used to indicate a time in the future relative to a past reference point (i.e., 66 years after).

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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.
Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, (Q.96) to destroy them. The (Q.97) framers did not use this symbolic term for a court to come along 66 years (Q.98) and (Q.99) it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual (Q.100) the society.

Find the appropriate word for Q.98.
A
late
B
lately
C
later
D
latest

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