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Gender, Religion and Caste
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Distinguish between social inequality and economic inequality by giving relevant examples.

Answer

(i) The social inequality is based on caste. In such a society, the people belonging to the higher caste discriminate against the people of lower castes.
(ii) The economic inequality in the society means that some people in the society are very rich and most of the people are very poor. In this type of society the rich exploit the poor.

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