Reading Comprehension (Unseen) Passage Set - 11

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Reading Comprehension (Unseen) Passage Set - 11

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :-

Canada says its denial of visas to Indian security officials on grounds of human rights violations, torture and espionage is a mistake. India was hurt to the quick at the charges. The government issued an angry warning and said it would take retaliatory measures if Canada did not take corrective measures. Now that it has done so, the two countries could resume the pleasantries. But that wouldn’t after the truth. And the truth is that Indian security forces, like most other security forces in the world, routinely commit human rights violations, certainly torture and seriously play at espionage. Now, we can protest our innocence and act righteous. But we’d be deceiving ourselves. The security forces anywhere in the world will do all these. That is their job. But unlike the more civilized west, our men are not accountable. Consider the high number of custodial deaths — 127 last year alone, according to NHRC, or any number of torture cases. This is a primitive country and sees in violence a kind of catharsis.  The recent baying for kasab’s public execution, preceded by chopping of limbs is a case in point. So instead of getting hot under the collar, the Indian authorities should be thanking Canada for holding up a mirror to our ugly face. It is through such diplomatic slip-ups that we know how we are really perceived in a world, at least a part of which is seriously giving a shot at evolving ethically driven societies. 

A) State whether the following statements are True or False. Write ’T’ for True and ‘F’ for  False :- 

i) Canada accepted its mistake for denying visas to Indian security officials. 

ii) Indian security forces never commit any human rights violations. 

iii) If  India protests its innocence, it would be deceiving ourselves. 

iv) India being a primitive country, sees in violence its catharsis.

B) Answer each of the following questions in about 30 words :-

i) On what issue did the Indian government and Canada need to make peace? 

ii) How is our security forces different from that of the west? 

iii) Why should India thank Canada?