Choose the option that BEST completes: 'The ragpickers have lived in Seemapuri for over thirty years ___ permits.'
ABy means of
BWith
CWithout
DDespite
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Without
'Without permits' captures the absence the passage describes (they have ration cards but no formal permits).
'Despite' would need a verb; 'with' contradicts.
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