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Q.1
Which of the following is NOT true regarding jajmani relations?
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Jajmani relation is reciprocal because there is an expectation for mutual personal
support in family ceremonies, emergencies and quarrels
Jajmani relation is durable because it is inherited from both sides.
Jajmani relation is multiple because a particular jajman requires different kamins to
perform a variety of tasks.
When Jatis of patron and client fight, the families of client and patron also stop
supporting each other.
Q.2
Which of the following is NOT a correct observation from different studies you are familiarized
with?
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According to Barbara Harris-White, ‘unorganised’ is the right term for the informal
economy in India.
According to ILO’s report regarding the informal economy in India, informality is
found in both the traditional informal economy and – increasingly – through the growth
of informality in the formal sector.
The binary between purity and pollution is the most basic idea behind the caste
system, and everything else primarily follows this binary.
G.K. Karanth argues that while some changes do occur in agrarian relations as a
result of new technology and the introduction of the commercial crop, traditional agrarian
relations
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Which of the following is Joan P. Mencher’s key observation in the article ‘Caste Upside Down’?
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The hierarchy that we know as the caste system is based on the concept of ritual
purity and its opposite.
The issue with religious movements as a modality to counter the caste system in
pre-colonial India was that, once they protested, they themselves became caste-like
bodies and started coexists with the hierarchy of the system of Hinduism.
Caste has functioned to keep the untouchables and the poor of other castes from
uniting for the purpose of seeking improvements in their life.
Caste society hierarchizes and includes, whereas modern egalitarian society
equalizes and excludes.
Q.4
Which of the following is the argument made by Lloyd Rudolph in ‘Processes of
Transformation: Modernity of Tradition?
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In cases when owners and employees belong to the same caste, this ensures the
exclusion of other caste groups.
Caste has not only survived the notion of the impact of British imperialism but has
transformed and transvalued itself.
Castes have a different status in different regions and many grey zones regarding
their status in the caste hierarchy.
The caste system is not merely a division of labour but also a division of labourers.
Q.5
Sociology is anti-fatalistic means
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None of these options
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Q.6
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the jajmani system?
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In the jajmani system, there was no solidarity within different service castes.
In the jajmani system, the relationship is not only economical, but there are other
social obligations too.
In the jajmani system, exchanges not only contractual and hereditary, products were
also exchanged on commercial relations.
In the jajmani system, specialization assigned to the person according to his or her
jati.
Q.7
Which of the following is NOT true from different studies you are familiarized with?
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According to MN Srinivas, numerical strength is not a feature of dominant castes.
According to Mandelbaum, in jajmani, the relation is more than sickles for wheat.
Sociology is not about what the world ‘ought’ to be but ‘is.’
William Wiser’s study based on Uttar Pradesh explored how jajmani is functioning
and transforming.
Q.8
Which of the following is NOT true for jajmani payments and obligations?
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Payments also fluctuated according to the available supply of skills and demands for
them.
Patrons who are paid in grains are favoured.
Ritual payments, as well as monetary payments, were not allowed.
Q.9
Which among the following is not a function of a guild?
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Promote caste consciousness
Regulating prices and supply.
Raising funds and spending it on charity.
Training to the apprentice.
Q.10
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the socially regulated economy according to Harris-
White?
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Religion does not play a role in the process of capital accumulation.
Family’s status and creditworthiness are interconnected with the woman's private
behaviour. It directly affects business enterprises and economic transactions.
Space is a social structure of accumulation and economic functioning.
Even today, in small towns of India, remnants of occupation-based castes are
organised in several loose hierarchies.
Q.11
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Q.12
According to Engelshoven, the feeling of unity and pride among Patels possibly creates a serious
obstacle when it comes to the organisation of strikes and mass protests in the diamond industry.
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true
Q.13 In Gujarat, the titular head of the guilds and highest personage in the city was called Nagar-Seth
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true
Q.14
Jajmani relations do not provide for non-kinship interdependence.
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Q.15
According to the article by G.K.Karanth, within the 'adade' relations, the payment is no longer
related to the extent of land owned.
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true
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According to Ravi Kanbur, an enterprise that adjusts the activity to move out of the ambit of the
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Q.17
According to Maine, when society moves from pre-modern to the modern society, they will
gradually do away with contract and move to status as a basis of social relationship
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true
Q.18
In today’s time, jajmani is more limited, temporary, flexible and contractual, at times non-existent
but certain ritual services are still carried on within the jajmani system.
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true
Q.19 According to Engelshoven, the karigars stayed on after incidents of violence and torture and
forgave their masters because no karigar ever dreamt that one day he will be a master.
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Q.20 The study by Mandelbaum has talked about the baki system.
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