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The Constitution of Independent India abolished the custom of ___________.

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Untouchability
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Accessibility
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Approachability
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Reachability
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Solution

The correct option is A Untouchability
Untouchability was a practice in which so-called lower caste people used to be kept at a distance, they were not given the status of social equality. Article 17 of the Indian Constitution abolished the practice of untouchability. Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.

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