Arrange the following statements in an order that reflect the development of caste as an important administration category.

(A) The Government of India Act gave legal recognition to the Schedules of Castes and Tribes.
(B) Herbert Risley conducted Census to collect information on the social hierarchy of caste.
(C) The Census became a regular ten-yearly exercise conducted by the British Indian Government.
(D) The Indian Government assumed that if it operated in the caste blind manner, it would lead to the eventual abolition of the institution.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(C), (B), (A), (D)

The correct answer is Option (1) - (C), (B), (A), (D)

In India, censuses began to be conducted by the British Indian government between 1867-72, and regular ten yearly (or decennial) censuses have been conducted since 1881.

The 1901 Census under the direction of Herbert Risley : It sought to collect information on the social hierarchy of caste – i.e., the social order of precedence in particular regions, as to the position of each caste in the rank order.

Government of India Act of 1935  gave legal recognition to the lists or ‘schedules’ of castes and tribes marked out for special treatment by the state.

Post Independence: The Indian Government assumed that if it operated in the caste blind manner, it would lead to the eventual abolition of the institution.