Read carefully the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Well, we must
destroy caste, we must destroy the inequalities of birth and unalterable
vocations. We must recognize an equality of rights, privileges and
opportunities for everyone. As the legal and social basis of caste has been
broken down by the British Indian penal system, which recognizes the rights of
every man before a court, caste is now mainly governed by profession. When the
sweepers change their profession, they will no longer remain untouchables. And
they can do that soon, for the first thing we will do when we accept machines
will be to introduce the machine which clears dung without anyone having to
handle it — the flush system. Then the sweepers can be free from the mark of
untouchability and become dignified members of a casteless and classless
society.
Questions:
1. How does the
writer define caste?
2. What broke
down the legal and social basis of caste?
3. How is caste
preserved now inspite of equal rights?
4. What
according to the writer is the quickest way to remove untouchability?
5. Find out
words from the given passage which have the following meanings.
(ii) occupation
(iii) pertaining
to punishment
(iv) to cleanse
by rapid flow of water
