Direction (Qs.1 to 10): In the following passage there are highlighted words, each of which has been numbered and one word has been suggested alongside the highlighted words. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, five options are given. In four options, one word is suggested in each option. Find out the appropriate option which replaces the highlighted word appropriately. If the given highlighted word appropriately fits the passage, choose option ‘(5)’ (No correction required) as the correct choice. 

Laws seeking to regulate online activity, especially on social media, will have to be tested against two fundamental rights: free speech and privacy. Regulations that …(1)… apartheid these rights tend to operate in both positive and negative ways. For instance, …(2)… anonymous norms relating to data protection are essential to protect citizens from any …(3)… belittle of their informational privacy; but attempts to regulate online content are seen with suspicion. The latter category evokes doubt whether they violate their freedom of expression (as enforcement of such rules may involve blocking websites, disabling accounts, removing content and intercepting communication), and amount to …(4)… sojourn that breaches privacy. Two official documents, one of them a draft proposal, that seek to introduce changes in the way rules for …(5)… dissent and monitoring of computer-based information are applied have caused a …(6)… diffident. The first was an order authorising 10 agencies under the Centre to implement Section 69(1) of the Information Technology Act, as amended in 2008, which allows interception, monitoring and …(7)… behemoth of information transmitted through or stored in a computer resource. The other is a draft, proposing changes to the rules framed in 2011 for …(8)… “perpetrators” such as Internet and network service providers and cyber-cafes. While the order listing 10 agencies does not introduce any new rule for surveillance, the latter envisages new obligations on service providers. A critical change envisaged is that intermediaries should help identify the ‘originator’ of …(9)… strangling content. Many were alarmed by the possibility for surveillance and …(10)… monitoring of personal computers that this rule throws up. The government has sought feedback from social media and technology companies, but it appears that even services that bank on end-to-end encryption may be asked to open up a backdoor to identify ‘originators’ of offending material.