Question

D. the groups who were placed at the bottom of the ladder were seen as unworthy and called ____________.

Answer 1

The groups who were placed at the bottom of the ladder were called as untouchables.

Explanation:

In the previous days, the caste system was categorized on the basis of communities or group of people. People with different caste were placed on a ladder system according to their caste, such as upper, middle and lower caste.

People who were located at the top of the ladder were said to be upper caste.

People who were located at the bottom of it were said to be lower caste, unworthy, and called as untouchables.

Untouchables are the people who are officially called as Scheduled Caste (SC). Such people were said to be unworthy, unclean, and treated as out of the caste system.

Answer 2

Answer:

The groups who were placed at the bottom of the caste ladder