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Question 1

Why did the jati class system survive for so many centuries?
 
  a. Indian society could not function without it.
  b. It served as a denunciation of any form of welfare.
  c. It provided an identity for individuals in a highly hierarchical society where they could always find someone lower in status
  d. Indian society could not untangle class status from religious beliefs.
  e. It was embraced and reinforced by each succeeding ruler.

Question 2

People in India belonged to a class not as individuals but as members of a kinship group known as the
 
  a. jati.
  b. varna.
  c. guru.
  d. sati.
  e. boyar.




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