Each of the following passages has some blank spaces with four words or groups of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space.
**Comprehension-I**
The Founder of the Indian Republic ___(95)___ the farsightedness and the courage to commit ___(96)___ two major innovations of historical significance in nation-building and social engineering: first, to ___(97)___ a democratic and civil ___(98)___ society among illiterate people and, second, to undertake economic development ___(99)___ democratic political structure. Hitherto, in all societies in which an economic takeoff or an early industrial and ___(100)___ had occurred, effective democracy, especially from the working people, had been extremely limited. On the other hand, ___(101)___ the beginning, India was committed to ___(102)___ democratic and civil libertarian political order and a representative system of government ___(103)___ on free and fair elections to be conducted on the basis of universal adult franchise.
Blank (101): On the other hand, ___ the beginning, India was committed...
- Awith
- Bfrom
- Cwithin
- Dfor
Explanation
The idiom is "from the beginning": "On the other hand, from the beginning, India was committed …" "With," "within," and "for" do not form the idiom, so they produce unidiomatic phrasing. Only “from” completes the fixed phrase. Hence (B).