Question

Caste is an.........status. Fill in the blank.

Answer 1

Answer :-

CAst is an hierarchy, customary social interaction,

Answer 2

Caste is an ascribed status.

Explanation:

• Ascribed status is something that is given to a person. He or she is not born with it but is assigned by society later or right after birth.

• Caste is an ascribed status. Nobody is born with a caste. But society and other people impose it on people right after birth and this is how caste system works.  

• In India, caste system is a social evil and many people are discriminated on the basis of caste and creed.  

• Low caste people are often ousted and deprived and dominated by the upper caste people.