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A candidate X of a party visits every house and distributes money before the elections. After the results are out, families that did not vote for him were beaten and asked to return the money. This can be categorised as ___.

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Communalism

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Nationalism

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Corruption

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Criticism of government

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Solution

The correct option is C Corruption
Bribing voters is a major corrupt practice. Voters are bribed with alcohol, money, and drugs. In the given question, the candidate distributed money and then took it back from people who did not vote for him. Such incidents are related to corruption, which is a major challenge for democracy.

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