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Who are the Sudras in the cast system?
A
Low Level Work/Sevants
B
Merchants
C
Warriors
D
Priests
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dalit (from Sanskrit: , romanized: dalita meaning “broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of Panchama.

Detailed explanation-2: -There were four classes in the caste system: Brahmins (priests and scholars), Kshatriyas (kings, governors, and warriors), Vaishyas (cattle herders, agriculturists, artisans, and merchants), and Shudras (laborers and service providers).

Detailed explanation-3: -Who Were the Shudras? is a history book published by Indian social reformer and polymath B. R. Ambedkar in 1946. The book discusses the origin of the Shudra Varna. Ambedkar dedicated the book to Jyotirao Phule (1827–1890).

Detailed explanation-4: -1) The Shudras were one of the Aryan communities of the solar race. 2) There was a time when the Aryan society recognized only three varnas: Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas. 3) The Shudras did not form a separate varna. They were part of the Kshatriya varna in the Indo-Aryan society.

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