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India is an extremely diverse nation with heavy traditional influence. Many different religious beliefs coexist peacefully in the country, and the government is becoming increasingly more secular every year as shown through the public celebration of virtually every major religious holiday in India. In contrast to religion’s constant development in India, the idea of arranged marriage has been deeply ingrained into Indian tradition, and many citizens, both young and old, could not picture other forms of matrimony as suitable. In an arranged marriage, parents seek out prospective brides or bridegrooms for their children with selection rationale ranging from educational level, family wealth, and the most important of them all with caste membership. The Manusmriti, an authoritave and highly influential book translated as ‘The Laws of Manu” is regarded as acknowledging and justifying the caste system as the basis of order and regularity of society including marriages. Independent India’s constitution banned discrimination based on caste and gender in an attempt to correct historical injustices, however, as previously mentioned, caste membership has an effect on the outcome of an arranged marriage.

What can be inferred from Manusmriti’s contribution to arranged marriages?

A) It justifies the relevancy and order of cast system for matrimony bonding

B) It regulates the historical importance of the cast system for marriages

C) It guides the society for the marriages based on the cast system and authority

D) It acknowledges the regulation of marriages by the cast system