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What made caste different from other social inequality?Read the answer and worked solution →Which practice was inflicted on 'outcaste' groups?Read the answer and worked solution →Which factor is NOT listed as weakening old notions of caste hierarchy?Read the answer and worked solution →What does occupational mobility mean?Read the answer and worked solution →What does urbanisation mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Which statement shows caste has not disappeared from India?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are 'upper castes' a large share of the urban middle class?Read the answer and worked solution →What does casteism assume?Read the answer and worked solution →How do parties use caste when choosing candidates?Read the answer and worked solution →What did universal adult franchise do for castes treated as low?Read the answer and worked solution →Why does no party or candidate win simply on caste?Read the answer and worked solution →What often matters more than caste attachment for voters?Read the answer and worked solution →Which new kinds of caste groups emerged in the political arena?Read the answer and worked solution →What risk comes from politics based on caste identity alone?Read the answer and worked solution →How has caste politics helped Dalits and OBCs?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the share of Scheduled Castes in India's population in 2011?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes called 'Scheduled'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Census-counted community is commonly known as Dalits?Read the answer and worked solution →By what name are the Scheduled Tribes often referred to?Read the answer and worked solution →The National Sample Survey estimated OBCs at around what share of the population?Read the answer and worked solution →What can democracy, a form of government, do for citizens?Read the answer and worked solution →A citizen can check whether a decision followed correct procedures. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can non-democratic rulers often decide very quickly?Read the answer and worked solution →On which idea is democracy based, causing some delay in decisions?Read the answer and worked solution →A democratic decision takes longer. What may result from following procedures?Read the answer and worked solution →Which practice is a sign of an accountable democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →Apart from accountability, what outcome is expected of a democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the record say about corruption in non-democracies?Read the answer and worked solution →In what respect is democracy certainly better than its alternatives?Read the answer and worked solution →How do people see democracy in principle versus in practice?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What made caste different from other social inequality?

  1. Rituals backed inherited jobs
  2. Spread across the world
  3. Wealth-based job choice
  4. Creation by the Constitution
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Correct answer: A. Rituals backed inherited jobs

In caste, hereditary occupational division was sanctioned by rituals, which sets it apart from other societies.

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Which practice was inflicted on 'outcaste' groups?

  1. Untouchability
  2. Secularism
  3. Franchise
  4. Reservation
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Correct answer: A. Untouchability

The caste system excluded outcaste groups and subjected them to the inhuman practice of untouchability.

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Which factor is NOT listed as weakening old notions of caste hierarchy?

  1. Rapid urbanisation
  2. Growth of literacy
  3. Occupational mobility
  4. Stronger landlords
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Correct answer: D. Stronger landlords

The weakening position of landlords, not their growing strength, helped break down caste hierarchy.

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