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The English word caste is borrowed from the Portuguese casta, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Varna, literally colour, names a division of society into how many parts?Read the answer and worked solution →Scholars treat varna as an all-India classification and jati as a:Read the answer and worked solution →The four varna classification is generally agreed to be roughly how old?Read the answer and worked solution →In the late Vedic period, roughly 900 to 500 BC, the caste system was really a:Read the answer and worked solution →Sub-castes and sub-sub-castes within a caste are referred to as:Read the answer and worked solution →The hierarchical ordering of castes rests on the distinction between:Read the answer and worked solution →Some scholars argue that caste as known today is more a product of:Read the answer and worked solution →The 1901 Census that recorded the social hierarchy of castes was directed by:Read the answer and worked solution →Legal recognition to the lists of castes and tribes for special treatment came through the Government of India Act of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which southern reformer, known as Periyar, fought caste and untouchability?Read the answer and worked solution →Recruitment to Mumbai textile and Kolkata jute mills continued to be organised along lines of:Read the answer and worked solution →Explicitly caste-based political parties have emerged since the:Read the answer and worked solution →The concepts of sanskritisation and dominant caste were contributed by:Read the answer and worked solution →A lower caste adopting vegetarianism and the sacred thread to raise its status illustrates:Read the answer and worked solution →Dominant castes gained economic power when post-Independence land reforms vested land rights in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is named as a dominant caste of Karnataka?Read the answer and worked solution →The Reddys and Khammas are dominant castes of:Read the answer and worked solution →The term tribe for India's oldest communities was introduced in which era?Read the answer and worked solution →About what share of India's tribal population lives in middle India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two language groups are spoken primarily by tribals?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Census 2011, tribes form what share of India's population?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the dominant castesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the big tribesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the caste yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the caste wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Caste or tribeRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the tribal traitsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Social institutions bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The English word caste is borrowed from the Portuguese casta, meaning:

  1. Pure breed
  2. Holy law
  3. Old tribe
  4. Fixed rank
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Correct answer: A. Pure breed

1. Indian languages use varna and jati. 2. Casta means pure breed. 3. Caste spread even to non-Hindu communities. _Source: syllabus Indian Society, Chapter 3, Social Institutions: Continuity and Change._

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Varna, literally colour, names a division of society into how many parts?

  1. Seven
  2. Four
  3. Nine
  4. Five
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Correct answer: B. Four

1. Brahmana, kshatriya, vaishya and shudra. 2. Varna is a four-fold division. 3. Jati is the local sub-classification. _Source: syllabus Indian Society, Chapter 3, Social Institutions: Continuity and Change._

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Scholars treat varna as an all-India classification and jati as a:

  1. Regional sub-classification
  2. Religious sect of devotees
  3. Royal lineage of kings
  4. Trading guild of merchants
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Correct answer: A. Regional sub-classification

1. Jati involves hundreds or thousands of castes. 2. Jati is a regional or local sub-classification. 3. The four varnas are common to all India. _Source: syllabus Indian Society, Chapter 3, Social Institutions: Continuity and Change._

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