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Social divisions based on ______ are peculiar to India.

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Social divisions based on caste are peculiar to India.

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पाठ 4: Gender, Religion and Caste - Exercises [पृष्ठ ४४]

पाठ 4 Gender, Religion and Caste
Exercises | Q 11. | पृष्ठ ४४

State how caste inequalities are still continuing in India.

How can caste take various forms in politics? Explain with examples.

Jotiba Phule was a/an ______

Which leaders worked for the elimination of the caste system in India?

What is leading to the breakdown of the caste hierarchy?

Our constitution ______

The constitution ______

All societies have some kind of social inequality ______

Castes and caste system in modern India ______

Some of the older aspects of caste ______

A ladder-like formation in which all the caste groups are placed from the ‘highest’ to the lowest castes is known as ______

No parliamentary constituency in the country ______

When people say that a caste is a ‘vote bank’ of one party, it means ______

Identify the statements which suggest that it is not politics that gets caste-ridden, it is the caste that gets politicized.

When governments are formed, political parties take care that representatives of different castes find a place in them.
Each caste group incorporates neighbouring castes which were earlier excluded.
Various caste groups enter into a coalition with other castes.
Political parties and candidates in elections make appeals to caste sentiments.

Identify two reasons that state that caste alone cannot determine elections in India.

No party wins the votes of all the voters of a caste or community.
Some political parties are known to favour some castes and are seen as their representatives.
No parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single caste.
Mobilising and securing political support has brought new consciousness among the lower castes.

In India, seats are reserved for women in ______