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A seat reserved for both a woman and a Scheduled Caste means the sarpanch is:

AAny male adult
BA state officer
CA district head
DA Dalit woman
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. A Dalit woman
1. Reservations can overlap on the same seat. 2. Both conditions must then be satisfied at once. 3. So the sarpanch would have to be a Dalit or Adivasi woman. 4. The answer is a Dalit woman. _Source: NCERT Class 11 Political Science, Ch 8 'Local Governments'_
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