Match List-I (Term) with List-II (Meaning).List-IList-II(A) Sanskriti…

Match List-I (Term) with List-II (Meaning).

List-I	List-II
(A) Sanskritisation	(I) The financially better-off group whose names and customs others adopt
(B) Great Tradition	(II) Improving status by adopting the customs of culturally high-placed groups
(C) Reference model	(III) Traditionally punished low castes audacious enough to attempt such adoption
(D) Dominant caste	(IV) Its sources include a pilgrim centre, a monastery or a proselytising sect

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Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Sanskritisation	(II) Improving status by adopting the customs of culturally high-placed groups	Sanskritisation is the process by which people try to improve their status by adopting the names and customs of culturally high-placed groups.
(B) Great Tradition	(IV) Its sources include a pilgrim centre, a monastery or a proselytising sect	A group's higher self-consciousness can come from contact with a source of the Great Tradition of Hinduism, such as a pilgrim centre, a monastery or a proselytising sect.
(C) Reference model	(I) The financially better-off group whose names and customs others adopt	The reference model is the group whose ways are copied. It is usually financially better off.
(D) Dominant caste	(III) Traditionally punished low castes audacious enough to attempt such adoption	Taking over higher-caste customs was never easy. Traditionally, the dominant caste punished low castes that were audacious enough to attempt it.

NCERT (2026-27): “Sanskritisation …
Srinivas argued that, “the Sanskritisation of a group has usually the effect of improving its position in the local caste hierarchy. It normally presupposes either an improvement in the economic or political position of the group concerned or a higher group self-consciousness resulting from its contact with a source of the ‘Great Tradition’ of Hinduism such as a pilgrim centre or a monastery or a proselytising sect.” But in a highly unequal society such as India there were and still are obstacles to any easy taking over of the customs of the higher castes by the lower. Indeed, traditionally, the dominant caste punished those low castes, which were audacious enough to attempt it. …”

“Sanskritisation suggests a process whereby people want to improve their status through adoption of names and customs of culturally high-placed groups. The ‘reference model’ is usually financially better of. …”

Match List-I (Term) with List-II (Meaning).

List-I	List-II
(A) Sanskritisation	(I) The financially better-off group whose names and customs others adopt
(B) Great Tradition	(II) Improving status by adopting the customs of culturally high-placed groups
(C) Reference model	(III) Traditionally punished low castes audacious enough to attempt such adoption
(D) Dominant caste	(IV) Its sources include a pilgrim centre, a monastery or a proselytising sect

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Sanskritisation	(II) Improving status by adopting the customs of culturally high-placed groups	Sanskritisation is the process by which people try to improve their status by adopting the names and customs of culturally high-placed groups.
(B) Great Tradition	(IV) Its sources include a pilgrim centre, a monastery or a proselytising sect	A group's higher self-consciousness can come from contact with a source of the Great Tradition of Hinduism, such as a pilgrim centre, a monastery or a proselytising sect.
(C) Reference model	(I) The financially better-off group whose names and customs others adopt	The reference model is the group whose ways are copied. It is usually financially better off.
(D) Dominant caste	(III) Traditionally punished low castes audacious enough to attempt such adoption	Taking over higher-caste customs was never easy. Traditionally, the dominant caste punished low castes that were audacious enough to attempt it.