The caste system is justified ideologically through the opposition of:
ATown and countryside
BYouth and old age
CPurity and pollution
DWealth and poverty
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Purity and pollution
1. Brahmins are placed highest, Dalits lowest.
2. Purity and pollution is the justifying idea.
3. The privileged support such systems most strongly.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Indian Society, Chapter 5, Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion._
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