WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -A caste system is a class structure that is determined by birth. Loosely, it means that in some societies, the opportunities you have access to depend on the family you happened to be born into. The phrase caste system has been around since the 1840s, but we’ve been using caste since the 1500s.

Detailed explanation-2: -Caste is determined by birth-a child is “born into” the caste of his parents. Caste is never a matter of choice. One can never change one’s caste, leave it, or choose not to join it, although there are instances where a paerson maybe expelled from their caste.

Detailed explanation-3: -The caste of a person is primarily determined by his/her birth. The system of stratification of society into different divisions is termed the caste system. 1)Brahmans-Priests and intellectuals 2)Kshatriyas-Rulers and warriors 3)Vaishyas-Traders and merchants 4)Shudras-laborers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Caste as a closed social stratification system in which membership is determined by birth and remains fixed for life; castes are also endogamous, meaning marriage is proscribed outside one’s caste, and offspring are automatically members of their parents’ caste.

Detailed explanation-5: -The caste system in India is based on the concept of graded inequality. It ascertains that some castes as upper castes and some other castes as lower castes.