Xavier Aptitude Test 2014 Paper

(e) The first blank cannot be filled by a positive term, as it elaborates an absence of something that is required to bind up the nation’s wound. Hence, (d) cannot be the choice. In the second blank, “religion” is not in league with honesty, hence (b) and (c) are again ruled out. Retribution is a justly deserved punishment, and recrimination is a counter-charge. In the context of the content, where one is binding up a nation’s wounds, the absence of recrimination is more suitable than absence of retribution.