1. What is the role of the ideas of separation and hierar
system?
2. What are some of the rules that the caste system impose
3. What changes did colonialism bring about in the castes
4. In what sense has caste become relatively 'invisible for th
castes?
5. How have tribes been classified in India?
6. What evidence would you offer against the view that 'tribes
communities living isolated lives untouched by civilisation'?
7. What are the factors behind the
3. What
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1.called a segmental organisation. Ideas of separation and hierarchy proved beneficial for some castes while others are condemned to a life of endless labour and subordination. (ix) Each caste is supposed to be different form and therefore, separated from every other caste.
2 .Rules imposed by the caste system
(i) Caste is determined by birth hence, nobody is allowed to change his caste, leave it or choose not to join it. An individual found violating caste rules shall be punished from social exclusion.
(ii) One cannot solemnise his marriage with the person (he or she) not member of his own group. It's endogamy recognised under caste system.
(iii) Person of a particular caste shall have strictly observed the rules of food and food sharing.
(iv) A person born into a caste can only practice the occupation associated with that caste.
(v) Shudres and untouchables shall serve the upper castes i.e. Brahmin, Ksatriya and Vaisya popularly called Dvija. They cannot share food with upper caste individuals.
3.The land revenue settlements and laws gave legal recognition to the caste based rights of the upper caste. Large scale irrigation schemes were accompanied by efforts to settle population there, and these also had caste dimension. So colonialism brought about major changes in the institution of caste.
4.The changes in the caste system benefited the most were urban middle and upper class.
5.The biggest tribes are the Gonds, Bhils, Santhals, Oraons, Minas, Bodos, and Mundas each at least a million people. The tribals in India shared 8.2% of total population i.e. 85 million people according to 2001 census.
6.Evidences Substantiating tribes as primitive communities.
(i) They have not written rules/canons on religion.
(ii) They are neither Hindus nor peasants.
(iii) They have not a state or political form of the normal kind.
(iv) They are engaged in primary activities like fishing, food gathering, hunting, shifting, agriculture etc.
(v) They have no motion of purity and pollution which is central to the caste system.
(vi) They live in inaccessible forests and rugged mountanous regions.
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sorry I didn't answer the 7th question as you didn't finish the question