Question

1. What type of category is Scheduled Caste?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Scheduled Castes[2] (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India.[3] That is to say that SC/ST primarily consists of ethnicities that originally did not belong to, or adhere to Vedic religion.[4] The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designated in one or other of the categories.[5]: 3  For much of the period of British rule in the Indian subcontinent, they were known as the Depressed Classes.