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Which of the following is true for caste system? Hierarchy Achieved status Segmental division

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प्रश्न

Which of the following is true for caste system?

  1. Hierarchy
  2. Achieved status
  3. Segmental division

पर्याय

  • I is false

  • I, II are true

  • I, III are true

  • I, II, III are true

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उत्तर

I, III are true

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2022-2023 (March) Set 4

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

What are some of the rules that the caste system imposes?


In what sense has caste become relatively ‘invisible’ for the urban upper castes?


Caste is determined by ____________.


Who is the founder of the Satyashodhak Samaj?


The watchwords "One Caste, One Religion, One God for all men" were given by:


Which of the following is not true about the intervention of the colonial state and its impact on the institution 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.

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.

Caste is never a matter of ________.


What made it difficult for the caste-segregated patterns of social interaction to survive?


What brought about major changes in the institution of caste?


What are the features of caste?

  1. Caste is determined by birth.
  2. Membership in a caste involves strict marriage.
  3. Caste membership involves rules about food and food sharing.
  4. 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?

  1. small population
  2. land rights
  3. intermediate caste
  4. 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.


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.


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.


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): Modern industry created all kinds of new jobs for which there were no caste rules.

Reason(R): Urbanisation and the conditions of collective living in the cities made it difficult for caste-segregated patterns of social interaction to survive.


The post independent Indian state‟s caste considerations had some contradictions. Elucidate on these contradictions.


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