Consider the following statements about the views of some members of the Depressed Castes in the Constituent Assembly:
(A) The problem of the Untouchables could not be resolved through protection and safeguards alone.
(B) Their disabilities were caused by the social norms and the moral values of caste society.
(C) Society had refused to use their services and labour and kept them at a social distance.
(D) Society refused to dine with them or allow them entry into temples.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B and D only
(A) The problem of the Untouchables could not be resolved through protection and safeguards alone. — Correct. These members held that <strong>safeguards alone could not end untouchability</strong>, because the problem lay in society itself.
(B) Their disabilities were caused by the social norms and the moral values of caste society. — Correct. The <strong>disabilities came from the social norms and moral values of caste society</strong>, not from law alone.
(C) Society had refused to use their services and labour and kept them at a social distance. — Incorrect. The first half is reversed. Society <strong>did use their services and labour</strong>; it only kept them at a social distance.
(D) Society refused to dine with them or allow them entry into temples. — Correct. Social distance meant refusing to mix or dine with them and <strong>keeping them out of temples</strong>.
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