Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Kinship, Caste and Class

Question:
What is true about the caste system?
Options:
The ideal order of caste system was laid down in Dharamsutras and Dharmashastras.
In this order, Brahmins were placed at the top, while untouchables at the bottom.
Brahmins were claimed to be divinely ordained.
All of these
Correct Answer:
All of these
Explanation:
The ideal order was laid down in the Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras. Brahmanas claimed that this order, in which they were ranked first, was divinely ordained, while placing groups classified as Shudras and “untouchables” at the very bottom of the social order. Positions within the order were supposedly determined by birth.