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    Question

    When the Congress Government tried to introduce a 10%

    quota for the poorer amid the general category , the Supreme Court struck it down, saying there is no provision in the Constitution for reservation on the basis of an economic criterion. 1. for the poorer among the general category 2. for the more poorer amongst the general category 3. for the poorest amidst the general category In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is highlighted in bold. Below it, some options are suggested which may improve the highlighted part of the sentence, to make it meaningful and grammatically correct. Choose which of the following option(s) can successfully replace the highlighted part to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. If the sentence is grammatically correct and requires no improvement, choose option (E), i.e. No improvement required.
    A Only 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both 1 and 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both 2 and 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No improvement required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Here, ‘amid/amidst’ is incorrect. Also, ‘more poorer’ is incorrect. 1 is correct.

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