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प्रश्न
One of the most significant yet paradoxical changes in the caste system in the contemporary period is that it has tended to become ‘invisible’ for the upper caste, urban middle, and upper classes. Elaborate.
“One of the most significant yet paradoxical changes in the caste system in the contemporary period is that it has tended to become ‘invisible’ for the upper caste, urban middle and upper classes.” Justify the statement.
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उत्तर
- Upper-caste, urban middle, and upper classes have benefited the most from post-colonial developmental policies.
- Their caste status had already given them economic and educational advantages, so they could fully use new opportunities.
- They gained from subsidized professional education and from the expansion of public sector jobs in the early decades after Independence.
- Their early lead in education meant they did not face serious competition from other groups; over generations they came to believe their success had nothing to do with caste.
- For the later generations of these groups, strong economic and educational capital ensures good life chances, so caste seems to play no role in their public life and is limited only to personal matters like marriage, kinship, and religious practice.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What changes did colonialism bring about in the caste system?
The hierarchical ordering of castes is based on the distinction between ____________.
The ____________ sociologist and social anthropologists were known for his works on the caste system and terms such as 'sanskritisation' and 'dominant caste'.
Caste is determined by ____________.
Who gave the concept of "Dominant Caste"?
Which of the following factors is not responsible for the caste system to become invisible for the upper caste, urban middle and upper classes in the contemporary period?
Which of the following is not true about the intervention of the colonial state and its impact on the institution of caste?
Identify the concept that does not agree with sanskritisation.
In regions where the non-sanskritic castes were dominant, it was their influence that was stronger. Identify the most appropriate concept to refer this phenomenon.
Castes are not only unequal to each other in ritual terms, but they are also supposed to be complementary and non-competing groups. In other words, each caste has its own place in the system which cannot be taken by any other caste. Since caste is also linked with occupation, the system functions as the social division of labour, except that, in principle, it allows no mobility.
What is not the characteristic of caste?
Castes are not only unequal to each other in ritual terms, but they are also supposed to be complementary and non-competing groups. In other words, each caste has its own place in the system which cannot be taken by any other caste. Since caste is also linked with occupation, the system functions as the social division of labour, except that, in principle, it allows no mobility.
Castes were traditionally linked to occupation.
Which of the following is true for caste?
What brought about major changes in the institution of caste?
What are the features of caste?
- Caste is determined by birth.
- Membership in a caste involves strict marriage.
- Caste membership involves rules about food and food sharing.
- There is a segmental organisation in caste system.
How did the British understand the caste system's complexity?
Practice of marrying within the caste is known as
Who gave the concept of dominant Caste'?
Which of the following makes the Dominant Castes dominant?
- small population
- land rights
- intermediate caste
- the decisive role in regional politics
Not all of the changes in Social Institutions brought about by the British were intended or deliberate. Give an example to justify the statement.
Assertion (A): Caste groups are endogamous, i.e. marriage is restricted to members of the group.
Reason (R): Membership in a caste involves strict rules about marriage.
Which of the following makes dominant caste dominant?
Identify the two sets of principles used to understand the caste system. Define any one set.
Which term is applicable to foreigners, slaves and conquered people?
Assertion (A): Castes are not only unequal to each other in ritual terms they are also supposed to be complementary and noncompeting groups.
Reason (R): Each caste has its own place in the system which cannot be taken by any other caste.
Which of the following reasons are responsible for the invisibility of the caste system in the upper castes and upper middle class?
Which of the following statements is not true for the institution of caste today?
