Unlike gender and religion, caste division is described as:
ASpecial to India
BCommon to Europe
CLimited to Africa
DAbsent in Asia
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Special to India
1. Every society has some social inequality and some division of labour.
2. Caste division, however, is special to India.
3. That is what sets it apart from gender and religious divisions.
_Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Democratic Politics II', Ch 4 'Gender, Religion and Caste'_
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