Improve the bracketed part of the sentence Election was an lsquo opinion minus democracy rsquo in wh...........

English Language (CGL) Sentence Improvement

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Election was an ‘opinion minus democracy’ in which the innocent and helpless (people were pitted among) government’s muscle power State machinery.

people were pitted against

people are pitted against

people would pitted against

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Explanation:

Pit somebody/something
against somebody/something = to cause one person,
group or thing to fight against or be in competition with another.
Look at the sentence :
The climbers pitted themselves against the mountain.
The sentence shows Past time.
Hence, people were pitted against .... should be used here.