One of the implications of equality in society is the absence of
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Answer: A. Equality means every person gets the same status and opportunities. Special privileges for a few, by birth, caste or wealth, go against it. Restraints, competition and ideology can all exist in an equal society. So the absence of privileges.
Watch for: Watch for 'restraints'; students confuse equality with liberty.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because laws place restraints on everyone equally; equality does not remove them.
- C. Wrong because fair competition is compatible with equality of opportunity.
- D. Wrong because equality is itself an ideology.
Source to check: NCERT Class 11 Political Theory, Chapter 3 'Equality'
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