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1. Assertion (A ) : Caste is nothing more than the systematization of occupational differentiation ?
Reason ( R ) : The hereditrory association of a caste with an ocupation is striking .
Ans :
Both A and R are true . R is the correct explanation of A .
Exp :
Both A and R are true . R is the correct explanation of A .
2. Assertion ( A ) : In India , it is possible to change one's religion but not caste
Reason ( R) : In India, an idividual inherits caste by birth while membership of religious groups is acquired .
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( A ) Both A and R are true , R is the correct explanation of A .
Exp : Because in India, an individual inherits caste by birth while membership of religious groups is acquired so it is possible to change one's religion but not caste here .
3. Assertion ( A ) ; Social mobility is necessarily more in clas societies than in caste societies
Reason ( R ) : A single individual in a class society can more up to a class higher than that of his birth .
Ans :
( A ) both A and R are true. R is the correct explanation of A .
Exp: It is true that social mobility is necessarily more than in class societies than in caste societies because a single individual in a class society can move up to a class higher than that of his birth .
4. Assertion ( A ) : After independence , some castes, developed vested interests in Backwardness .
Reason ( R ) : In helped them secure upward social mobility .
Ans :
Both A and R are true. R is the correct explanation of A .
Exp : After independence, some castes, developed vested interests in Backwardness . It helped them secure upward social mobility .
5. Assertion ( A ) : Differentiation refers to how things or people can be distingushed from one another
Reason ( R ) : Stratification refers to the ranking of things of people .
Ans :
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct emplanation of A .
Exp : Differentiation refers to how things or people can be distingushed from one another and stratification refers to the ranking of things of people .
6. Asserion (A ) : Membership in caste association is not purely ascriptive
Reason ( R ) : Birth in the caste is necessary but not a sufficient condition for membership is case association
Ans :
A is a false, but R is true
Exp : Membership in caste association is not purely ascriptive . This is false while ( R ) birth in the caste is necessary but not sufficient for membership in caste association is true .
7. Assertion (A) : In trast with the caste system which is based on the principle of purity pollution, the Estate system is based on law .
Reason (R) : Unlike in the caste system hierarchy is not a characterising features of the Estate system .
Ans :
Both A and R are true . R is the correct explanation of A.
Exp : In contrast with the caste system which is based on the principle of purity pollution the Estate system is based on law 'R ' unlike in the caste system hierarchy is not a characterizing feature of the Estate system. Both sentences are true individually and ' R ' is the correct explanation of A.
8. Assertion (A ) : Nordic race is superior and creates superior culture .
Reason (R ) : A super- race does not create superior culture .
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(C) A is true but R is false .
9. Assertion (A) : In the opinion of Irawati Karve, caste is an extended kin - group .
Reason (R ) : All the members of a caste believe that they have desended from a common ancestor .
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(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A .
10. Assertion ( A) : Members of low castes found it practically useful to adopt the mannerisms and living styles of dominant caste of their village .
Reason (R) : Members of low castes were fed up with their own life - styles and wanted a change
Ans :
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
11. Assertion ( A ) : Life- style determines life chances .
Reason (R) : The class position of the individual enhances or diminishes his life chances
Ans :
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A .
12. Assertion (A) : Social mobility is the movement of individuals or groups from one social stratum to another .
Reason (R) : The degree to which systems of stratification are open or closed depends on the extent of social mobility .
Ans :
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A .
13. Assertion (A ) : Traditionally, a lower caste adopted the life - style of the dominant caste in the process of sanskritization .
Reason (R) : Adoption of the life - style of the dominant caste usually symbolized a case of upward mobility within the caste system .
Ans :
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A .
14. Assertion (A) : There is a considerable ethnolinguistic diverty in India .
Reason ( R ) : This prohibits equal oppertunity .
Ans :
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A .
15. Assertion (A) : Caste does have social group cannot be called a community .
Reason (R) : Caste does have social coherence, but it lacks the community's territorial basis .
Ans :
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A .
16. Assertion (A) : Caste discriminations are now - a - days not observed in public life .
Reason (R) : The touchable cases have stopped maintaining caste distinctions:
Ans :
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A .
17. Assertion (A) : Indian agricultural communities are very highly stratified .
Reason (R) : There is relationship between the system of stratification and the division of work .
Ans :
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A .
18. Assertion (A) : Social stratification is functional to social system .
Reason (R) : Social stratification assigns privileges and responsibilities to individuals .
Ans :
A is false but R is true .
