Question
Answer the following questions in one sentence only.b) What is stratification?
One-sentence answer
Social stratification is the structured ranking of social groups into unequal positions associated with differences in wealth, power, and prestige.
Evidence boundary
This is NIOS Sociology, Intext Questions 16.1(b), answered in one sentence as the source requires. The term refers to social stratification, not geological layers or sampling design. It gives the definition without claiming that every society has the same ranking system or degree of inequality.
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