Question

The full form of OBC is?
(a) Outer backward caste
(b) Other backward classes
(c) Outdated balanced cleared
(d) Optimum backward community

Answer 1

Hint: OBC is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify castes which are educationally or socially disadvantaged. It is one of several official classifications of the population of India, along with Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs).

Complete answer:
As we are well aware of the fact that while OBC reservation in government jobs was introduced in 1993, the education quota came into force in 2006. So, taking help from the hint above we can understand that the term being talked about here is a reference to the group of people nowadays easily identifiable as those having the privilege of reservation policies.
Option ‘a’, as we know, outer backward is not a relevant term and hence is an incorrect elaboration of the given acronym.
Option b, is the correct legal and constitutional expansion of OBC, i.e. Other Backward Classes. In the Indian Constitution, OBCs are described as "socially and educationally backward classes", and the Government of India is enjoined to ensure their social and educational development.
Option c, Outdated balanced cleared is also a term irrelevant to the context, hence it is an incorrect alternative.
And lastly, option d, as we know, is incorrect because the expansion of the acronym in the question is not a constitutional term.

Note: Remember that at times OBC is substituted with the term BC, which has the same expansion except for the O in the beginning, so we must be careful.