On account of which of the following identity markers, do people often face discrimination and exclusion?
(A) Gender
(B) Ethnicity
(C) Disability
(D) Caste
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B), (C) and (D)
(A) Gender Correct. Discrimination is not only about money. A woman even from a privileged background may face sexual harassment in public places because of her gender.
(B) Ethnicity Correct. A middle-class professional from a minority religious or ethnic group may find it difficult to get accommodation in a middle-class colony, even in a metropolitan city.
(C) Disability Correct. People with disabilities face exclusion and stigma. Labels such as bechara (poor thing) are hurled at them, and the disabled person is seen as a victim of fate, as if disability were only a characteristic of the individual.
(D) Caste Correct. Caste is a system of unequal and hierarchical social groups, and practices such as untouchability exclude people at the bottom of it.
People often face discrimination and exclusion because of their gender, religion, ethnicity, language, caste and disability, so all four identity markers apply.
NCERT (2025-26): “Social Inequality … Often we discuss social exclusion and discrimination as though they pertain to differential economic resources alone. This however is only partially true. People often face discrimination and exclusion because of their gender, religion, ethnicity, language, caste and disability. Thus, women from a privileged background may face sexual harassment in public places. A middle class professional from a minority religious or ethnic group may find it difficult to get accommodation in a middle class colony even in a metropolitan city.…” |