Directions: Select the appropriate phrase(s) or connector(s) from the three options provided that can be used to create a single sentence by connecting the two given sentences without changing their meaning.

Sentence l - The poorly paid clerk could be identified by his four-cubit dhoti.
Sentence ll - The executives of yore were dressed smartly in Western style.

1. Notwithstanding the executives
2. Despite the fact that
3. On the other hand