Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

Question:

Match the groups in List - I with the identity in List - II.

List – I Groups

List – II Identity

(A) Dalit

(I) Outsiders

(B) Adivasi

(II) Socially and educationally backward classes

(C) Diku

(III) Original inhabitants

(D) O.B.C.

(IV) Downtrodden

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) - (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II).

The term Dalit literally means ‘downtrodden’ and conveys the sense of an oppressed people.

Diku is a term used by tribals for outsiders (moneylenders etc).

Like the term Dalit, the term Adivasi connotes political awareness and the assertion of rights. Literally meaning ‘original inhabitants’, the term was coined in the 1930s as part of the struggle against the intrusion by the colonial government and outside settlers and moneylenders.

Other Backward Classes’ (OBCs) : described as the ‘socially and educationally backward classes'.