In which situation does the Right to Equality allow the state to take corrective steps?

Correct answer: To give opportunity to historically disadvantaged groups

Correct answer: A, to give opportunities to historically disadvantaged groups. Formal equality alone may not remove the effects of long-term exclusion. Corrective measures can help groups that have faced serious social and educational disadvantages reach genuine equality of opportunity. Such measures are meant to widen access, not to give arbitrary power to a favoured group. Option A is correct because it aims to reduce an existing disadvantage and create fairer opportunities. Option B is wrong because helping already powerful groups increases inequality. Option C is wrong because no religion can be placed above the law in a constitutional democracy. Option D is wrong because excluding a caste from public places is discrimination, not correction. Memory cue: corrective action should remove disadvantage, never create new humiliation or exclusion.