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Question 26 Verbal and Logical Ability 2025 Medium MCQ +1.00 marks · -0.25 negative

No one argues that the rich should be rich because they were born to wealthy parents. Critics of inequality may complain that those who would abolish inheritance taxes, say, are implicitly endorsing hereditary privilege. But no one defends hereditary privilege outright or…

Based on the passage, which of the following will the defenders of affirmative action identify as the main problem in the implementation of the meritocratic system?

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