HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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It was widely practiced in the Indus valley civilization
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The Rigveda does not show any ac quaintance with it
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It is cleared referred to in the Buddhist Jatakas
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It come to be applied to several castes only in the post Gupta period
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: (iii) Dalits share the village hand pumps for water with others. Explanation: Here no untouchability is practiced.
Detailed explanation-2: -A. ARTICLE 17 OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION: Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of Untouchability shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, by and large untouchability refers to certain practices of upper castes such as Brahmins, involving restrictions on lower castes with regard to touch, sharing of food and water, access to public places, places of worship such as temples and denial of access to sources of drinking water etc.
Detailed explanation-4: -Article 17. Abolition of Untouchability.-"Untouchability” is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.