Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence: 1.Caste 2. Family 3.…
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Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence:
1.Caste 2. Family 3. Newly married couple 4. Clan 5. Species
- A.
1,2,3,4,5
- B.
2,3,5,1,4
- C.
3,2,1,5,4
- D.
3,2,1,4,5
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Correct answer: D
Correct sequence: Newly married couple → Family → Clan → Caste → Species
Explanation:
Start with the smallest social unit: a newly married couple (two individuals forming the basic unit).
Family: the couple is part of a family, which is a larger unit comprising related individuals.
Clan: several related families form a clan (a cluster of families with a common ancestry).
Caste: a broader social category that typically contains multiple clans; therefore caste comes after clan in increasing inclusiveness.
Species: the largest category here (a biological grouping that includes all members of the species) and thus comes last.
Why some provided orders are incorrect: any order that places caste before clan treats a broader group as smaller than its subdivisions. Also, placing species in the middle of social categories is incorrect because species is a broader biological category that encompasses all human social groups.