Describe India's caste system
What will be an ideal response?
India's cast system is based on religion rather than race. The system is nearly three thousand years old.The four main castes are (top to bottom):Brahman (priests and teachers); Kshatriya (rulers and soldiers); Vaishya (merchants and traders); Shudra (peasants and laborers); and Dalit (outcasts). Although the system was officially abolished in 1949, it persists.
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A) policy-making B) generating objective facts C) getting media attention D) evaluation of policy
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