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Ideas do not exist in a vacuum. They inhabit a social setting. Let us call that the matrix within which an idea, a concept or kind, is formed. "Matrix" is no more perfect for my purpose than the word "idea." It derives from the word for "womb," but it has acquired a lot of other senses-in advanced algebra, for example. The matrix in which the idea of the woman refugee is formed is a complex of institutions, advocates, newspaper articles, lawyers, court decisions, immigration proceedings. Not to mention the material infrastructure, barriers, passports, uniforms, counters at airports, detention centers, courthouses, holiday camps for refugee children. (Source: Ian Hacking 1999, The Social Construction of What?)
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For the author of this passage, the term "matrix" mainly refers to:

[Question ID = 1468]
1. A womb-like entity that gives birth to institutions. [Option ID = 5871]
2. The figure of the woman refugee in the contemporary world. [Option ID = 5872]
3. The field of matrix algebra and linear analysis. [Option ID = 5870]
4. The social context within which ideas take shape. [Option ID = 5869]
Correct Answer :-

The social context within which ideas take shape. [Option ID = 5869]
So this is the main function and the main concern of imperialism: to increase 'greatly' the number of workers, either by immigration from the colonies or in their own country! And this, despite the fact that anyone who is in full possession of his senses is aware, on the contrary, of the continual presence of a complete, consolidated industrial reserve army of the proletariat and unemployment in the home countries of imperialist capital, in the old capitalist countries, whilst in the colonies capital is always complaining about labour shortage! (Source: Rosa Luxemburg & Nikolai Bukharin 1972, Imperialism and accumulation of capital)
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From this passage, we can infer that:

[Question ID = 1465]
1. Immigration occurs in order to increase the reserve army of labor in imperialist centers [Option ID = 5860]
2. Immigration occurs because of the need to increase the reserve army of labor in the colonies [Option ID = 5858]
3. Immigration occurs because of shortage of labour in imperialist centers [Option ID = 5857]
4. Immigration occurs because workers need more employment [Option ID = 5859]
Correct Answer :-

Immigration occurs in order to increase the reserve army of labor in imperialist centers [Option ID = 5860]
Magic relieves the tension and the 'unstable equilibrium' created by anxieties and the feeling of impotence, placing man once more into harmony with life. This is a pragmatic and explicitly utilitarian theory of magic. The whole truth of magic, for those who practice it, is a 'pragmatic truth'; and the student of magic must admit that 'it is useful' in that it 'raises the efficiency' of the believer. Indeed, without magic, primitive man 'would not have mastered the practical difficulties' of life nor 'advanced to the higher stages of culture'. So that magic is necessary step in human survival and evolution. (Source: Raymond Firth 1957, Man and Culture)
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The above passage argues that:

[Question ID = 1471]
1. Magic is a pragmatic solution for impotent men. [Option ID = 5882]
2. If humans were pragmatic or utilitarian, they would not need magic. [Option ID = 5884]
3. Human beings could not have survived or evolved without magic. [Option ID = 5881]
4. Life without magic is a life without tensions. [Option ID = 5883]
Correct Answer :-

Human beings could not have survived or evolved without magic. [Option ID = 5881]
It is a common observation that the heroes and villains of superhero comics are archetypes. However... they represent more than merely 'good' and 'evil.' ... [T]he disfigured villains of comics have something profound to say about criminality, justice and political legitimacy.... our aesthetic expectations of criminality have been shaped by a conception of justice based primarily upon vengeance, and by the remnants of a political philosophy that regarded crime not as the infringement of a social contract, but as a personal affront to the sovereign, who reaffirmed his legitimacy by avenging himself upon the criminal. (Source: Jack Fennell 2012, 'The Aesthetics of Super- Villainy')
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The above passage argues that super hero comics say something important about criminality because:

[Question ID = 1446]
1. Comics present limited archetypes of good and evil. [Option ID = 5781]
2. Comics are unique in how they aestheticize crime and criminality. [Option ID = 5784]
3. Comics show how vestiges of vengeance are still part of our notion of justice. [Option ID = 5782]
4. Crime is not an infringement of the social contract. [Option ID = 5783]
Correct Answer :-

Comics show how vestiges of vengeance are still part of our notion of justice. [Option ID = 5782]
An intrinsic relation between two things A and B is such that the relation belongs to the definitions or basic constitutions of A and B, so that without the relation, A and B are no longer the same things. (Source: Arne Naess 1973, 'The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement')
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According to the passage above, if A and B are in an intrinsic relation we can infer that:
1. A and B cannot exist without each other
2. A and B cannot be defined separately
3. A and B are transformed by the relation
4. A and B are constituted only by their relation to each other
Which of the above inferences are correct?

[Question ID = 1463]
1. I and III [Option ID = 5850]
2. All of these [Option ID = 5849]
3. II and IV [Option ID = 5852]
4. I, III and IV [Option ID = 5851]
Correct Answer :-

I and III [Option ID = 5850]
In India, the courts face quite as many problems in ascertaining religion in general and a great deal more in the way of fixing particular religious identities. This is because the Indian Constitution and legal system embody a different relation of law to religion. Indian law permits application of different bodies of family law on religious lines, permits public laws, like those of religious trusts, to be differentiated according to religion, and permits protective or compensatory discrimination in favour of disadvantaged groups, which may sometimes be determined in part by religion. The penal law in India is extraordinarily solicitous of religious sensibilities and undertakes to protect them from offence. The electoral law attempts to abolish religious appeals in campaigning. In all these areas courts must determine the nature and boundaries of a particular religion. (Source: Marc Galanter 1998, 'Hinduism, Secularism, and the Indian Judiciary')
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From the above passage we can infer that:

[Question ID = 1444]
1. Indian family law combines different religious traditions into a uniform code. [Option ID = 5774]
2. Religion is implicated in both civil and criminal law in India. [Option ID = 5776]
3. The legal system in India is essentially based on religion. [Option ID = 5775]
4. The legal system in India ignores religious sentiments. [Option ID = 5773]
Correct Answer :-

Religion is implicated in both civil and criminal law in India. [Option ID = 5776]
When I began the research for this project, I had only the sketch of a plan. I began with support groups in southern California and was led to psychiatry, neuroscience, the pharmaceutical industry, and the rest out of my interest in following up on what people living under the description of manic depression were experiencing. I thought of these excursions as "expeditions" into large-scale organizations whose activities I could only sample in the most modest way. The description that follows has the coherence of something written after the fact. (Source: Emily Martin 2007, Bipolar Expeditions)
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From the above passage, we can infer that the author's research focusses on:

[Question ID = 1466]
1. Producing a coherent account after considering all the facts. [Option ID = 5864]
2. Sample surveys of large-scale organizations. [Option ID = 5862]
3. The experiences of people having manic depression. [Option ID = 5863]
4. The fields of psychiatry, neuroscience and pharmaceuticals. [Option ID = 5861]
Correct Answer :-

The experiences of people having manic depression. [Option ID = 5863]
By definition, in all societies, income inequality is the result of adding up these two components: inequality of income from labor and inequality of income from capital. The more unequally distributed each of these two components is, the greater the total inequality. In the abstract, it is perfectly possible to imagine a society in which inequality with respect to labor is high and inequality with respect to capital is low, or vice versa, as well as a society in which both components are highly unequal or highly egalitarian. The third decisive factor is the relation between these two dimensions of inequality: to what extent do individuals with high income from labor also enjoy high income from capital? Technically speaking, this relation is a statistical correlation, and the greater the correlation, the greater the total inequality, all other things being equal. (Source: Thomas Piketty 2015, Capital in the Twenty-First Century)
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The least unequal society according to the above passage is likely to be one in which:

[Question ID = 1455]
1. There is a low correlation between inequality of income from labour and from capital. [Option ID = 5820]
2. inequality of income from capital is low [Option ID = 5818]
3. inequality of income from both capital and labour is low [Option ID = 5819]
4. inequality of income from labour is high [Option ID = 5817]
Correct Answer :-

inequality of income from both capital and labour is low [Option ID = 5819]
After all, rules - what we get by interpreting precedents and statutes and precedents - must be applied to facts; but facts of a case do not come with their own descriptions, and must be characterized in terms of their legal import. (Source: Brian Leiter 1996, 'Legal Realism')
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Some statements based on the above passage:
1. Facts of a case are more fundamental than rules
2. Facts of a case are determined by applying rules
3. Facts of a case need to be described in legal terms
4. Facts of a case are got by interpreting precedents
Which of the above statements are correct?

[Question ID = 1438]
1. Only III [Option ID = 5752]
2. All of these [Option ID = 5749]
3. II and III [Option ID = 5751]
4. I, II and III [Option ID = 5750]
Correct Answer :-

Only III [Option ID = 5752]
In an examination, 80% candidates passed in Paper 1 and 85% candidates passed in Paper II. 76% candidates passed in both papers. What is the maximum percentage of candidates who could have failed in both papers?
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[Question ID = 1480]
1. 11 [Option ID = 5920]
2. 15 [Option ID = 5917]
3. 20 [Option ID = 5918]
4. 24 [Option ID = 5919]
Correct Answer :-

15 [Option ID = 5917]
Three points may be proposed about task-orientation. First, there is a sense in which it is more humanly comprehensible than timed labour. The peasant or labourer appears to attend upon what is an observed necessity. Second, a community in which task-orientation is common appears to show least demarcation between "work" and "life". Social intercourse and labour are intermingled - the working-day lengthens or contracts according to the task - and there is no great sense of conflict between labour and "passing the time of day". Third, to men accustomed to labour timed by the clock, this attitude to labour appears to be wasteful and lacking in urgency. (Source: E.P.Thompson, 1967, 'Time, Work Discipline and Industrial Capitalism')

According to the above passage, a work rhythm that is task-oriented:
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[Question ID = 1464]
1. Does not divide work and life in the life of a community. [Option ID = 5853]
2. Does not allow for workers' agency. [Option ID = 5856]
3. Is not very different from work timed by the clock. [Option ID = 5854]
4. Inevitably wastes a lot of time. [Option ID = 5855]
Correct Answer :-

Does not divide work and life in the life of a community. [Option ID = 5853]
In West Africa, the term youthman is commonly used to refer to people who have not attained social adulthood despite their biological adulthood. Even men over forty continue to be seen as youths because of their inability to gain a stable livelihood, live independently, marry and form families. The very existence of the expression youthman,... stands as a metaphor for Africa's poverty and attests to the pervasiveness of waithood across the continent. (Source: Alcinda Honwana 2014, "Waithood": Youth transitions and social change')

From the above passage, it CANNOT be inferred that:
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[Question ID = 1447]
1. Age is not the only criteria of attaining adulthood. [Option ID = 5785]
2. Economic conditions may affect attainment of social adulthood. [Option ID = 5787]
3. In some societies biological and social adulthood may not coincide. [Option ID = 5786]
4. The Youthman phenomenon is unique to West Africa. [Option ID = 5788]
Correct Answer :-

The Youthman phenomenon is unique to West Africa. [Option ID = 5788]
Risks presuppose decision. These decisions were previously undertaken with fixed norms of calculability, connecting means and ends or causes and effects. These norms are precisely what 'world risk society' has rendered invalid. All of this becomes very evident with private insurance, perhaps the greatest symbol of calculation and alternative security--which does not cover nuclear disaster, nor climate change and its consequences, not the breakdown of Asian economies, nor the low-probability high-consequences risk of various forms of future technology. in fact, most controversial technologies, like genetic engineering, are not privately insured. (Source: Ulrich Beck 1999, World Risk Society)

From the passage above, we can conclude that:
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[Question ID = 1469]
1. Private insurance increases in risk society [Option ID = 5875]
2. Risk has increased in modern society [Option ID = 5873]
3. Decision making powers have decreased in modern society [Option ID = 5874]
4. Decision making results in increased risk [Option ID = 5876]
Correct Answer :-

Risk has increased in modern society [Option ID = 5873]
People who feel no temptation before closed doors, who have no curiosity about human beings, who are content to admire scenery without wondering about the people who live in those houses on the other side of that river, should probably ... stay away from sociology. They will find it unpleasant or, at any rate, unrewarding. People who are interested in human beings only if they can change, convert or reform them should also be warned, for they will find sociology much less useful than they hoped. And people whose interest is mainly in their own conceptual constructions will do just as well to turn to the study of little white mice. (Source: Peter Berger 1963, An invitation to Sociology)

From the above passage, it CANNOT be inferred that:
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[Question ID = 1437]
1. Sociology can be unpleasant and unrewarding for some. [Option ID = 5746]
2. Sociologists are concerned with other people's ways of thinking. Option ID = 5748]
3. Sociology is concerned with transforming people. [Option ID = 5747]
4. Not everyone might find sociology interesting. [Option ID = 5745]
Correct Answer :-

Sociology is concerned with transforming people. [Option ID = 5747]
Brilliant people are generally eccentric. Some of them are artists. Many artists have tattoos. Based on these statements, which of the following conclusions can be made?

[Question ID = 1479]
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1. Artists are brilliant people [Option ID = 5916]
2. Artists with tattoos are brilliant [Option ID = 5913]
3. People with tattoos are eccentric [Option ID = 5915]
4. Some brilliant people may have tattoos [Option ID = 5914]
Correct Answer :-
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Some brilliant people may have tattoos [Option ID = 5914]
As a first moment, it is clear that while there is one (Repressive) State Apparatus, there is a plurality of Ideological State Apparatuses... As a second moment, it is clear that whereas the unified - (Repressive) State Apparatus belongs entirely to the public domain, much the larger part of the Ideological State Apparatuses (in their apparent dispersion) are part, on the contrary, of the private domain. Churches, Parties, Trade Unions, families, some schools, most newspapers, cultural ventures, etc., etc., are private... We can ignore the first observation for the moment. But someone is bound to question the second, asking me by what right I regard as Ideological State Apparatuses, institutions which for the most part do not possess public status, but are quite simply private institutions.. . The distinction between the public and the private is a distinction internal to bourgeois law and valid in the (subordinate) domains in which bourgeois law exercises its 'authority". (Source: Louis Althusser 1970, 'Ideology and ideological state apparatus')

According the above passage, Ideological State Apparatuses are

[Question ID = 1470]
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1. Mostly private institutions without public status [Option ID = 5878]
2. Critical of the public/private distinction of bourgeois law [Option ID = 5879]
3. A questionable concept as they do not possess public status [Option ID = 5880]
4. Institutions in private domain performing state functions [Option ID = 5877]
Correct Answer :-
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Mostly private institutions without public status [Option ID = 5878]
Nonsense literature often functions as political satire, social commentary, and deconstructive critique of conventions. Indeed, as a form of intellectual play that hones linguistic competence, nonsense literature requires for its meaning a clear contrast with the conventional. Because it has the "doubling effect" of being grounded in, yet also in flight from, reality, it should be distinguished from accidental meaning and random senselessness. Nonsense literature is therefore not the absence of sense but, rather, "a clever subversion of it that heightens rather than destroys meaning" and exhibits its own contrasting "lawfulness." (Source: Mary Liston 2009, 'The Rule of Law through the Looking Glass')

From the above passage it can be inferred that:

[Question ID = 1441]
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1. Nonsense literature often makes no sense and can be said to be randomly senseless. [Option ID = 5761]
2. Nonsense literature makes more sense than conventional literature despite being senseless. [Option ID = 5762]
3. Nonsense literature makes sense by reinforcing the norms of conventional literature. [Option ID = 5764]
4. Nonsense literature makes sense by subverting conventions of mainstream literature. [Option ID = 5763]
Correct Answer :-
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Nonsense literature makes sense by subverting conventions of mainstream literature. [Option ID = 5763]
Calvinists believe in predestination--that God has already determined who is saved and damned. As Calvinism developed, a deep psychological need for clues about whether one was actually saved arose, and Calvinists looked to their success in worldly activity for those clues. Thus, they came to value profit and material success as signs of God's favor. Other religious groups, such as the Pietists, Methodists, and the Baptist sects had similar attitudes to a lesser degree. Weber argues that this new attitude broke down the traditional economic system, paving the way for modern capitalism. (Source: S.Kalberg (ed.) 2001, Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism)

The above passage suggests that the pre-capitalist economy was undermined by:

[Question ID = 1457]
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1. The Calvinists belief in predestination. [Option ID = 5826]
2. The Protestants interpretation of the doctrine of predestination [Option ID = 5825]
3. The differences between Calvinists and other Protestants. [Option ID = 5827]
4. The worldly activities rather than the beliefs of the Christians. [Option ID = 5828]
Correct Answer :-
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The Protestants interpretation of the doctrine of predestination [Option ID = 5825]
Dalit women's economic productivity has implications for marital autonomy. Divorce, 'love marriage' and widow remarriage are more common among Dalits. Although undesirable, it is possible for Dalit women to survive on their own earnings. This allows for an element of choice in their marital arrangements and enables them to escape abusive marriages. ... [yet] there is no question that men are greater (goppa-ga) than women and any household in which a wife dominates her husband is seen as transgressive. ... Dalits too see sons are important since they inherit any property, take over the family home and take care of ageing parents. (Source: C. Still 2011, 'Spoiled Brides and the Fear of Education')

The above passage suggests that gender relations among Dalits in South India are distinctive because:

[Question ID = 1454]
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1. Women are not expected to take care of their ageing parents. [Option ID = 5813]
2. Since they can earn their own livelihood, women can leave an abusive marriage. [Option ID = 5815]
3. Marital autonomy allows women to dominate their husbands. [Option ID = 5814]
4. Higher divorce rates imply less autonomy for women. [Option ID = 5816]
Correct Answer :-
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Since they can earn their own livelihood, women can leave an abusive marriage. [Option ID = 5815]
Refugees are today a global dilemma. The magnitude of their problems has prompted proposals that a global partnership be forged for their protection. However, not all countries have yet ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention and therefore do not yet have in place national refugee and asylum legislation consistent with international standards and principles. Consequently, it is arguable whether the enactment of international refugee legislation is today a meaningful option. The normative international system that deals with refugees still focuses on the source of their status. Usually, the root causes referred to are the traditional ones: civil wars, military conscription and human rights violations. (Source: E. S. Macamo 2005, Negotiating Modernity)

According to the above passage, international laws on refugees are not viable because:

[Question ID = 1459]
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1. Most countries have already ratified the 1951 Convention. [Option ID = 5836]
2. There is no consensus on global standards and principles. [Option ID = 5835]
3. Today the number of refugees is too large to manage. [Option ID = 5833]
4. Today's refugees are no longer the product of traditional root causes. [Option ID = 5834]
Correct Answer :-
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There is no consensus on global standards and principles. [Option ID = 5835]
When politicians first heard of the torture, they denied it happened, minimized the violence, and called it ill treatment. When the evidence mounted, they tried a few bad apples, disparaged the prisoners, and observed that terrorists had done worse things. They claimed torture was effective and necessary, and counter-challenged that critics were aiding the enemy. Some offered apologies, but accepted no responsibility. Others preferred not to dwell on past events. (Source: Darius Rejali 2007, Torture and Democracy)

Which of the following statements is the central message in the passage above:

[Question ID = 1440]
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1. Politicians are responsible for torture of terrorists. [Option ID = 5757]
2. Politicians are reluctant to oppose torture by the armed forces of their own nation. [Option ID = 5758]
3. Torture exists but it is a very confusing phenomenon. [Option ID = 5760]
4. There are reasonable grounds on which politicians doubt the existence of torture. [Option ID = 5759]
Correct Answer :-
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Politicians are reluctant to oppose torture by the armed forces of their own nation. [Option ID = 5758]
This critical evaluation of the various characteristics of Caste leave no doubt that prohibition, or rather the absence of intermarriage endogamy, to be concise-is the only one that can be called the essence of Caste when rightly understood. But some may deny this on abstract anthropological grounds, for there exist endogamous groups without giving rise to the problem of Caste.... The Negroes and the Whites and the various tribal groups that go by name of American Indians in the United States may be cited as more or less appropriate illustrations in support of this view. But we must not confuse matters, for in India the situation is different. As pointed out before, the peoples of India form a homogeneous whole. The various races of India occupying definite territories have more or less fused into one another and do possess cultural unity, which is the only criterion of a homogeneous population. Given this homogeneity as a basis, Caste becomes a problem altogether new in character and wholly absent in the situation constituted by the mere propinquity of endogamous social order. (Source: B.R.Ambedkar 1916, 'Castes in India')

Statements based on the above passage:
1. In principle, endogamy is not found in heterogenous societies
2. Caste alone is characterised by endogamy
3. The implications of endogamy are the same for caste as for race and tribe in the USA.
4. The significance of endogamy derives from the physical proximity of caste groups.
Which of the above statements are correct?

[Question ID = 1456]
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1. I and III [Option ID = 5823]
2. II and IV [Option ID = 5824]
3. None [Option ID = 5822]
4. All [Option ID = 5821]
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None [Option ID = 5822]
Wages are determined through the antagonistic struggle between capitalist and worker. Victory goes necessarily to the capitalist. The capitalist can live longer without the worker than can the worker without the capitalist. Combination among the capitalists is customary and effective; workers' combination is prohibited and painful in its consequences for them. Besides, the landowner and the capitalist can make use of industrial advantages to augment their revenues; the worker has neither rent nor interest on capital to supplement his industrial income. Hence the intensity of the competition among the workers. Thus only for the workers is the separation of capital, landed property, and labour an inevitable, essential and detrimental separation. (Source: Karl Marx 1844, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts)

The above passage argues that the separation of capital, landed property and labour:

[Question ID = 1460]
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1. Hurts workers because they have no source of income other than wages. [Option ID = 5839]
2. Is the result of intense competition among workers. [Option ID = 5840]
3. Is the product of customary and effective combination among capitalists. [Option ID = 5838]
4. Is inevitable because wages in capitalist society are determined by class struggle. [Option ID = 5837]
Correct Answer :-
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Hurts workers because they have no source of income other than wages. [Option ID = 5839]
Efforts to describe and standardise ayurvedic and unani formulas in terms of modern pharmacological parameters have not resulted in the standardisation of single, and compound ayurvedic and unani medicines that are available in the Indian market. Deficient legislation and lack of surveillance by the central and state governments have added to this "state of anarchy". Manufacturers do not see it as their
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