SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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enter the temples
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sit with upper caste’s child in schools
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take water from village well
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all of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -A lower caste person cannot come near or touch a higher caste person let alone touch food or other items of consumption. They are not allowed to enter into the house of the higher one or such other places like sacred temples.
Detailed explanation-2: -Untouchables were denied even the basic rights. They were not allowed to enter temples, enter upper caste people’s houses and access village water tanks and wells.
Detailed explanation-3: -The upper castes also treated many of these groups at the bottom as “untouchable”. They were not allowed to enter temples, draw water from the wells used by the upper castes, or bathe in ponds where upper castes bathed. They were seen as inferior human beings.
Detailed explanation-4: -They had to run petty errands for the higher castes without ‘polluting’ them by touching their things.
Detailed explanation-5: -Caste divisions in India dominate in housing, marriage, employment, and general social interaction-divisions that are reinforced through the practice and threat of social ostracism, economic boycotts, and physical violence.