What should come in the place of blank number [1] ?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. preeminence.
Context: The sentence criticizes the Global North for assuming superiority and dominance in presenting technocratic solutions.
Meaning of the words:
Inferiority: Lower status or quality.
Preeminence: Superiority or dominance over others.
Orthodoxy: Accepted traditional beliefs.
Intelligibility: The quality of being understandable.
Correct word: Preeminence
Reason: The phrase “temporal supremacy and civilizational preeminence” logically expresses superiority and dominance.
Final Sentence: While the Global North presents technocratic solutions as universally applicable, such solutions often encode assumptions of temporal supremacy and civilizational preeminence.
Hence the chosen option is correct.