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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How was the Hindu belief about karma related to the caste system?
A
People’s caste determines which deities they worship.
B
People in the lowest castes will come back as animals.
C
People in different castes work different jobs.
D
People are in a caste because of how they lived in past lives.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hindus aim to end the cycle of samsara through gaining good karma, which means doing good actions and deeds. Therefore, the actions of their previous lives and the actions of their mortal life today are all part of their effort to break the cycle of samsara, which each individual Hindu works towards.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies, karma denotes the cycle of cause and effect. Like causes produce similar effects. For instance, right actions produce good results while wrong actions produce bad ones.

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