In the following question, two columns are given containing three phrases each. In the first column, the phrases are A, B, and C, and in the second column, the phrases are D, E and F. A phrase from the first column, may or may not connect with a phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrase can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If none of the options given form a correct sentence after combination, select ‘None of these’ as your answer.
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(A) When the reservation policy went beyond SCs and STs, in spite the fact that the expansion was justified, |
(D) it effectively diluted the sharpness of the tool — that it would be employed for extreme cases of discrimination and exclusion. |
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(B) Down the line, when different communities began to claim that they were backward and deserving of reservation, |
(E) however, the state should intervene in favour of the most oppressed sections to enable them to compete in the public sphere and stake their claims for a share in public power. |
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(C) The enabling provision in the Constitution has predicated on the logic that the social order is fundamentally unjust and |
(F) the political clout of these communities and their relatively less deprived conditions meant that the logic of discrimination got diluted. |
A-D and B-F