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For Karl Marx, the state is fundamentally:
Aan instrument of class domination
Ba neutral arbiter of disputes
Cthe embodiment of reason
Da moral community
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. an instrument of class domination
1. Marx's historical materialism roots politics in economic relations.
2. In capitalism the state serves bourgeois class interests.
3. A classless communist society would render the state obsolete.
__Source: NCERT Class 11 Political Theory Ch 1 — Marxist thought__