i belongs to bc category, which category I would select during applying gate?? I am eligible for EWS, whether I can for general EWS Or not??

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i belongs to bc category, which category I would select during applying gate?? I am eligible for EWS, whether I can for general EWS Or not??

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Muthukumari 12th Sep, 2019

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Abhishek Roy Student Expert 12th Sep, 2019

Hey!There
You belong to OBC quota and you are also elligible for EWS quota.So it will be better for you that you should go with OBC quota for category option to enjoy benefit of OBC..Since reservation is more in OBC quota relatively to EWS QUOTA..
I hope this will be helpful to you..
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Muthukumari

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Thank u sir

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