If the united states was to be partitioned in the same way india was, the partition would be based on

economic classes.
religious groupings.
social castes.
occupational divisions.

The correct option is: "religious groupings."

The Indian society is divided by the religion practiced by its components. India is a unique country in religious matters. It is the country with the largest number of Hindus, Yainis, Sikhs, Zoroastrians and Bahais, and is the third country with the largest number of Muslims. It is the holy land of Hinduism, Buddhism, Yainism and Sikhism, and is home to important spiritual gurus and various spiritualist organizations. During the I millennium, Judaism and Christianity came to India forming small communities. Buddhism, the predominant religion of Southeast Asia, was born in India.

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answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

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