IBPS SO Prelims Exam Model Paper 2

Select the phrase\connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same as expressed in the statement sentence.
The teacher has asked the students not to copy from others during the examination. The students kept on copying during the final examination resulting in the expulsion of two of them from the university.
I. As
II. In spite of
III. Yet