Untouchables

What is expected of someone born into the Hindu caste system?

• a. To change their caste
  

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  b. To accept their Dharma
  

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  c. To leave India
  

• d. To become a priesy

How many Indians are currently labeled as untouchables?

• 1/10

• 1/6

• 1/20

• 1/50

Which group is at the top of the Hindu caste system?

• Vaishyas

• Dialit

• Vishnu

• Brahmins

What traditional occupations were associated with untouchables?

• a. Fishing and disposing of dead cattle

• b. Teaching and ruling
  

• c. Trading and selling
  

• d. Farming and construction

How did some powerful priests in southern India treat untouchables?

• a. They helped them find jobs
  

• b. They allowed them to live among higher castes
  

• c. They banished them from society
  

• d. They promoted them to higher positions

What is the Untouchability Offenses Act of 1955 designed to do?

• a. Promote untouchability
  

• b.Punish higher caste individuals

• c. Abolish all castes
  

• d. Protect untouchables' rights

How do modern Hindus generally feel about the caste system?

• a. They fully support it
  

• b. They are ashamed to discuss it
  

• c. They want to expand it
  

• d. They believe it should be enforced