Question

Discuss with your parents or grandparents about how caste system functioned earlier to find out what has changed and what has not

Answer 1

Answer:

The caste system is the Hindu social and religious hierarchy, created a few thousand years ago. Traditionally, a person's caste is determined at birth and channels them into that caste's occupation. At the top are Brahmins, priests and religious scholars.

Answer 2

1. The Special Marriage Act and the Hindu Marriage Act, which declared inter-caste marriages as legally valid, have removed all these restriction on marriage in caste system.
2. Some State Governments give incentives to inter-casted marriages.