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Q What is a caste?How is the caste system organized in Indian society?Are there types of castes outside of India? Please discuss.What does the author view as the primary motive for the presence of a caste system in India?Has there ever been a caste system in the United States? Please discuss.

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Caste can be defined as the social division which is marked by the system of hierarchy. Caste is the also the division of traditional social classes. There are upper and lower castes. The caste system divides people into various classes and determines into which category they belong. This class system is determined by birth. If you are born in the lower caste then you belong to the lower strata of the society and if you are born in the upper caste of the society then belong to upper class of the society.