Cloze Test – Test 123

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Caste is a (21) of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion. Although caste systems (22) in various regions, its paradigmatic ethnographic example is the division of Indian society into rigid social groups, with roots in India's ancient history and persisting (23) today. However, the economic significance of the caste system in India has been declining as a result of urbanization and affirmative action programs. A subject of much scholarship by sociologists and anthropologists, the Indian caste system is sometimes used as an analogical (24) for the (25) of caste-like social divisions existing outside India. The term is also applied to non-human populations like ants and bees.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Caste is a (21) of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion. Although caste systems (22) in various regions, its paradigmatic ethnographic example is the division of Indian society into rigid social groups, with roots in India's ancient history and persisting (23) today. However, the economic significance of the caste system in India has been declining as a result of urbanization and affirmative action programs. A subject of much scholarship by sociologists and anthropologists, the Indian caste system is sometimes used as an analogical (24) for the (25) of caste-like social divisions existing outside India. The term is also applied to non-human populations like ants and bees.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Caste is a (21) of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion. Although caste systems (22) in various regions, its paradigmatic ethnographic example is the division of Indian society into rigid social groups, with roots in India's ancient history and persisting (23) today. However, the economic significance of the caste system in India has been declining as a result of urbanization and affirmative action programs. A subject of much scholarship by sociologists and anthropologists, the Indian caste system is sometimes used as an analogical (24) for the (25) of caste-like social divisions existing outside India. The term is also applied to non-human populations like ants and bees.