Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

Question:

Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Upper caste have discriminated against lower caste for long period.
Reason (R): Since the 1980s we have seen the resurgence of lower caste movements in north India, among both the OBCs and Dalits.

Options:

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A)

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A)

(A) is true , but (R) is false

(A) is false but (R) is true

Correct Answer:

(A) is true , but (R) is false

Explanation:

(A) is true , but (R) is false.

Since the 1990s we have seen the resurgence of lower caste movements in north India, among both the OBCs and Dalits.