Answer: (A) Ascribed statuses.
Explanation:
Ascribed statuses is one of the type of social status of a person that is basically assigned at the time of birth and it is assume involuntarily in whole life. This type of status is assigned either it is earned nor chosen by the individual choice.
The ascribed status is basically reflected both the merit and the personal ability.
The ascribed statuses is sometimes also known as ascribed identity as it is the ethnic connotation of the one individual name.
Therefore, Option (A) is correct.