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Social Science · 2023 · 2 marks
CBSE 2023 · Region 1 · Set 3 · Q23
How has caste system in modern India undergone great change? Explain.
How has caste system in modern India undergone great change? Explain.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) With economic development and large scale urbanization, large scale socio-economic changes have happened.
(ii) With the growth of literacy and education everyone is considered equal.
(iii) Due to occupational mobility and weakening of landlordism in the villages, the old notion of caste hierarchy are breaking down.
(iv) The constitution of India prohibited any caste based discrimination.
(v) In the urban areas, no consideration of caste hierarchy is there as all the facilities are equal for everyone.
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