Assertion (A): A casteist is a person who thinks that caste is the principal basis of community.

Reason (R): All castes are man-made.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

A casteist is a person who believes that caste is the basis of community and seeks social arrangements according to caste. He thinks people are different and should be treated differently, maybe even considered superior or inferior, just because they belong to a different caste.
Caste is man-made. When man was born, he had no name, no religion, no caste, and no creed. All these things were created when civilisations were established, and people felt like dividing the society.

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