Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Social divisions based on ______ are peculiar to India.
Advertisements
Solution
Social divisions based on caste are peculiar to India.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
State how caste inequalities are still continuing in India.
State two reasons to say that caste alone cannot determine election results in India.
Describe any five features of 'caste in politics' in India.
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 ______
All societies have some kind of social inequality ______
There is a disproportionately large presence of ______
A ladder-like formation in which all the caste groups are placed from the ‘highest’ to the lowest castes is known as ______
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.
Which one of the following was the view of Mahatma Gandhi about religion?
Name any two political leaders who fought against caste inequalities.
