Untouchability today is a:
APunishable crime
BPunishable custom
CPermitted crime
DPermitted custom
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Punishable crime
1. The Constitution abolished the practice.
2. The law now attaches a penalty.
3. Untouchability is a punishable crime now.
4. So the answer is a punishable crime.
_Source: NCERT Class 8 Social and Political Life III, Ch 6 'Confronting Marginalisation'_
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