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WorksheetsCaste System
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who were the untouchables?
Brahmans
Dalits or Outcastes
Sudras
What jobs did Brahmans have?
priests and scholars
rulers and warriors
merchants, traders and farmers
peasants, laborers and servants
What jobs did Kshatriyas have?
priests and scholars
rulers and warriors
merchants, traders and farmers
peasants, laborers and servants
What jobs did Vaishyas have?
priests and scholars
rulers and warriors
merchants, traders and farmers
peasants, laborers and servants
What jobs did Sudras have?
priests and scholars
rulers and warriors
merchants, traders and farmers
peasants, laborers and servants
What jobs did Dalits or Outcastes have?
priests and scholars
rulers and warriors
merchants, traders and farmers
dirty jobs
Why were the Sudras symbolized as the feet?
they were the voice
they were protectors
they moved from place to place
they were the foundation and did dirty jobs
Why were the Vaishyas symbolized as the legs?
they were the voice
they were protectors
they moved from place to place
they were the foundation and did dirty jobs
Why were the Kshatriyas symbolized as the arms?
they were the voice
they were protectors
they moved from place to place
they were the foundation and did dirty jobs
True or False: You can reach a higher caste during your lifetime
True
False
How could someone reach a higher caste?
Good karma
Bad karma
What jobs did Dalits or Untouchables have?
priests and scholars
rulers and warriors
merchants, traders and farmers
dirty jobs
If someone's karma was bad what might happen?
they could move up to a better caste
they could be reincarnated into a lower caste
Which varna was the merchants, landowners, and businessmen?
Brahmins
Vaisyas
Dalits
Kshatriyas
Shudras
Which varna was the workers and laborers?
Brahmins
Vaisyas
Dalits
Kshatriyas
Shudras
Identify the Caste that was the top of the social structure in India?
Kashatriyas or rulers and warriors
Brahmins or spiritual leaders
Vaishyas or herders and merchants
Untouchables or outcasts of society
The caste system comes from the Hindu text
Bhagavad Gita
The RigVeda
The SamaVeda
The Law of Manu
The Mahabharata
Select all of the groups which are believed to have been born again
Dalit
Shudras
Vaishyas
Brahmins
Kshatriyas
