alleryStart learning →Affirmative action began in the USA after the 1964 Civil Rights Act. How much earlier had India entrenched it constitutionally?
AAbout five years
BIn the same year
CAbout fifty years
DAbout two decades
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. About two decades
1. India's caste-based affirmative action came with the Constitution.
2. The USA started nearly two decades later.
3. This shows how far ahead India was.
_Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._
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