- A. It is supported by patterns of belief.
- B. It is a function of individual difference.
- C. It persists over generations.
- D. It is ascriptive to a person.
Social stratification is not a function of individual difference. It is a system of structured inequality that is supported by beliefs and ideas, persists over generations, and is generally ascribed at birth rather than achieved by personal effort. Therefore, option (b) is incorrect, while (a), (c), and (d) are features of social stratification.
- A. They take pride in who they are.
- B. They learnt to willingly integrate into the mainstream at the cost of their identity.
- C. They do not have pride in their identity.
- D. They do not like to be distinguished from the newly encountered others.
The ideology of tribalism means pride in one's own tribe, culture, and identity. Tribals generally value their distinct identity and do not want to lose it by complete assimilation into the mainstream. Hence, option (a) is correct. Options (b), (c), and (d) are contrary to the idea of tribalism.
- A. Jawaharlal Nehru
- B. B.P. Mandal
- C. Indira Gandhi
- D. V.V. Giri
After the Emergency, when the Janata Party came to power, the Second Backward Classes Commission was appointed under the chairmanship of B.P. Mandal. This commission is popularly known as the Mandal Commission. Hence, option (b) is correct.
- A. Community Identity is based on birth.
- B. Community Identity is based on belonging.
- D. Community Identity is based on acquired qualifications.
Community identity is based on birth and belonging, not on acquired qualifications. A person gets community identity by being born into a group and by feeling attached to that community. Therefore, option (d) is the incorrect statement. Options (a) and (b) are correct features of community identity.
- A. Dr. Ambedkar
- B. Srinivas
- C. Mahatma Gandhi
- D. Jawaharlal Nehru
The statement about community identity being based on birth and belonging reflects Dr. Ambedkar's views. He emphasized that caste and community identities are ascribed at birth and are deeply rooted in social belonging. Hence, option (a) is correct.
- A. Smart City
- B. Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday
- C. Stand up India
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- B. Redemptive
- C. Revolutionary
- D. Relative deprivation
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- B. I and II are true.
- C. I and III are true.
- D. I, II and III are true.
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- B. Wearing of sacred thread
- C. Religious ceremonies
- D. Playing drums
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Log in to view solution →The rise of ethnicity in this region was thus a response to cope with the with a powerful alien system. Long isolated from the Indian mainstream, these tribes were able to maintain their own worldview and social and cultural institutions with little external influence... while the earlier phase showed a tendency towards secessionism, this trend has been replaced by a search for autonomy within the framework of the Indian Constitution (Nongbri 2003 : 115).
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