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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Morality is _____ with ethics and symbolises the doctrine of actions right or wrong. Politics is the _____ of expediency and need not always be _____. If something is wrong and _____ expedient, it cannot be _____.

and need not always be _____.

This question was previously asked in
SSC CGL 2017 (Tier 1) Previous Year Paper (16-Aug-2017) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

right

The passage contrasts morality (concerned with right and wrong) with politics (driven by expediency). The blank completes "need not always be _____", describing what politics may fail to be despite being expedient.

Since morality is the standard of right, and politics follows expediency, it follows that politics need not always be right. "Wrong", "neutral" and "different" do not preserve the moral contrast set up by the passage.

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