The fifth and lowest category of Hindu castes is the:

a. Sudras
b. Dalit
c. Brahman
d. Kshatriyas


b

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a. True b. False

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According to the Marger reading (assigned for the Race and Ethnicity in the United States class), the biological notion of race is much more important than the social construction of race

a. true b. false

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According to McCurdy in "Family and Kinship in Village India," which is the most important structural tension associated with marriage in Bhil society?

a. the decision about how large the dapa (bride price) will be. b. the possibility that young people will refuse to be married. c. the shifting of a woman's loyalty, labor, and reproductive potential from her family to her husband's family. d. whether wives will inherit from their own or their husband's families.

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In Northern India, relations on the wife's side:

a. Are accorded the same status as relations on the husband's side. b. Are forbidden to speak with relations on the husband's side. c. Are prohibited from having any contact with children from the marriage. d. Are accorded lower status than relations on the husband's side. e. Are required to joke with relations from the husband's side.

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