INDIAN InsTIT OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR
SOCATIA: INDIAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE
MIB-SEMESTER EXAM: 22 FEBRUARY 2023
6:00 pim—7:00 pm (One Hour)
Nameof the Student; SURK
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Roll Number: 2010 (&
Signature of the Student: Y—
Answer all fifteen questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
More than one answer may be correct.
There is no negative marking.
Answers Leave
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|- Which of the statements are correct?
Al According to Bokil, “Banjaras” claim that they were packer d teansporters of the
Mughal
armies.o
B] Accarding 1o Ghurye, pakka foodis any food that is cooked in water or milk
€] Nonie of the above
Which of the statements are comrect?
Al According 1o Srinjvas, upward socia=l mobility through imitation by lower eastes of
:d her castes is called Sanskritization
] One of the reasons for polyandry was high bride price. o
C) None of the above. Yedor feaqard 7
wapert b
3. Which of the statements are correct?
A} According to Srinivas, Westernization refers o the influence of Hgitain and the
Indian culture. X
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BJ In hypogamy, the boy Y is of a lower caste, and the girl is of u higher caste. @ v
€] None of the above.
£ Which of the statements are comrect?
Al According o Beteille, the boundary between tribes and other societies has
nebulous, v always been
@) The Todas solved the problem of patenity by the bow and arraw cercmony
C] None of the above.
5. Which of the statements are correct? =
| According 10 Beteille, “integration at the top” was a result of economic division
labour. &~ X
B] Sapinda exogamy prohibits marriage upto five gencrations on mother's side and seven
cenerations on father's side.
€] None of the above.
6. Which of the staements are correct?
Accordi o the cultural deprivation theory, the emphasis has changed fiom equality of
access to equality of results.r
B] Iddat is the nine month period during which a woman is not allowed (6 mary X
€] None of the above
7. Which of the statements
are correct?
A] According (o Beteille, “integration at the bottom” was a result of interaction of the Hindu
priests and the indigenous population.
Bl C1 According o the Marxist perspective, refigion is an illusion that justifies the
subordination of one class of people, § v~
€] None of the above.
3. Which of the statements are correct?
AJ €] According to Bokil, “Gadi Lohars™ claim that they. were royal blacksasiths of Rans
Pratap. v
@ According fo the Marxist perspective, religious conceptions determine ecannik
behavior
€] None of the above
9. Which of the statements are correet?
Al According to Yogendra Singh, the term *
comotation. -
B) Marrying mother's sister
€] None of the above.
10. Which of the statements are correct
Al According to Bokil, cach DNT is an exogan
B] According to Ghurye, the cardinal eule in changing oge's ccupati was that it must not
dograde one’s caste,
] None of the above.
1. Which of the statements are correct?
Al In the socio-educational field survey, the Mandal commission wsed four economic
indicators with one point each.v
B According 1o the metaphysical version of the teaditional theory of the origin of caste,
techno-cconomic functions are performed by the Vaish
©] None of the above,
12. Which of the statements are correct?
A] With regard to the implementation of the Mandal commission report. the Supreme Court
FEEA Y
judgement of November 1992 accep caste
tedas the basis for ideatifying the beneficiaries.«
B] According to Senart’s theory, “guilds” later came to be known a5 castes.X
C] None of the above.
13, Which of the statements are correct?
7%-%
A According to the Mandal Commission, OBCs constitute 27% of the population of India.A,
@ According to Charsey. the term “Untouchable” prioritizes pollution related exclusion. o
€] None of the above.
14, Which of th statements are correct?
AJ The Kulin Brahmins of Bengal practiced polyandey x
D) According to Charsley, the term “Untouchable” results in dichotomizing the Indian
society. v/
€] None of the above.
s correct?
15, Which of the statementare
A] Gotra exogamy has been removed by legisiation. g
8] According to Deliege, one of the reasons why myths are fess popular s becanse survival
issues are more important than ritual impurity. ¥
] None of the above
