What is arbitrary?

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Something which is well defined

Something which is random

Something which is periodic

All of these

answer is B.

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Arbitrary means something which is random. It doesn't have a specific standpoint, or what we can say has a defined meaning. It is widely used in maths to define any variable which has a random value and no specific value. In social science, it is used as a context for something like a term that holds no specific definition. One uses it in their ways, and some people may find a way to use this as an advantage. Like in colonial times, Britishers tried to use Sedition laws arbitrarily, and without any court hearings or issuing of warrants, they used to imprison the protesters who protested against their government.

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