Solution : (i) (a) As the dominant caste, the Maliks were extremely powerful politically, economically, and socially.
(b)They were able to use state power for their own vested interests because of their position of power.
(c)They were successful in obtaining the intervention of various governmental arms for their personal gain.
(ii)Labor has been forced to work in terrible conditions since dalits are not allowed to possess land and are forced to work as laborers on the lands of dominant caste people.