RELIGIONS
HINDUISM
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Question
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Under the caste system in traditional India
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Members of different castes often intermarried
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Caste membership determined a person’s occupation
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The highest caste was composed of untouchables
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The caste system had little effect on daily life
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Caste classification is in part based on economic hierarchy, which continues today to some extent. Highly educated Indians are more likely than those with less education to be in the General Category, while those with no education are most likely to identify as OBC.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
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