Question

The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it _____ for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that _____ are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the ________ is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer. This is because lies, by their very nature, have to be changed, and a lying government has ________ to rewrite its own history. Which of the following options will BEST fill up the above blanks meaningfully?

• A. Unpleasant, plebeians, fact, forced
• B. Absurd, subjects, beauty, no reason
• C. Necessary, citizens, joy, unusually
• D. Possible, people, consequence, constantly
• E. Unique, senators, reason, enough

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The passage is about how lack of a free press enables dictatorship and how lies from the government affect people. Let’s analyze each blank:

“What makes it _____ for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule…”
→ The correct word should convey that dictatorship becomes feasible/achievable when press freedom is gone.
✅ Possible fits best.

“…is that _____ are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed?” 
→ Dictatorships hide truth from the general population.
✅ People is the correct choice.

“…If everybody always lies to you, the ________ is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer.”
→ The result of constant lying is the consequence of disbelief.
✅ Consequence is correct.

“…a lying government has ________ to rewrite its own history.”
→ Lies must be altered again and again, so rewriting must be done constantly.
✅ Constantly is the right word.

 Therefore, the correct answer is:

Option 4: Possible, people, consequence, constantly ✅