Match List-I (Process or movement) with List-II (Change linked to it).
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| (A) Sanskritisation | (I) Dowry practices adopted instead of bride-price |
| (B) Backward Classes Movement | (II) Emphasis on secular factors in upward mobility |
| (C) Westernisation | (III) Attempt to drop Sanskrit words and phrases from several Indian languages |
| (D) Anti-Brahminical movement | (IV) Changes brought about by over 150 years of British rule |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Sanskritisation | (I) Dowry practices adopted instead of bride-price | Sanskritisation means adopting upper caste rites and rituals. Critics point out that this leads to dowry practices in place of bride-price. |
| (B) Backward Classes Movement | (II) Emphasis on secular factors in upward mobility | A main result of the Backward Classes Movement was a stress on secular, that is non-religious, factors in the upward mobility of caste groups. Status came to rest less on ritual rank. |
| (C) Westernisation | (IV) Changes brought about by over 150 years of British rule | Srinivas defines westernisation as the changes in Indian society and culture from over 150 years of British rule. The long colonial period is its source. |
| (D) Anti-Brahminical movement | (III) Attempt to drop Sanskrit words and phrases from several Indian languages | The anti-Brahminical movement, along with regional self-consciousness, led to an attempt in several Indian languages to drop Sanskrit words and phrases. Rejecting Sanskrit was a way of rejecting Brahminical dominance. |
NCERT (2026-27): “Sanskritisation … “Fifth, the effect of such a trend is that the key characteristics of dalit culture and society are eroded. For example the very worth of labour which ‘lower castes’ do is degraded and rendered ‘shameful’. Identities based on the basis of work, crafts and artisanal abilities, knowledge forms of medicine, ecology, agriculture, animal husbandry, etc., are regarded useless in the industrial era.” “With the growth of the anti-Brahminical movement and the development of regional self-consciousness in the twentieth century there was an attempt in several Indian languages to drop Sanskrit words and phrases. A crucial result of the Backward Classes Movement was to emphasise the role of secular factors in the upward mobility of caste groups and individuals. …” “You have already read about our western colonial past. You have seen how it often brought about changes that were paradoxical and strange. M.N. Srinivas defines westernisation as “the changes brought about in Indian society and culture as a result of over 150 years of British rule, the term subsuming changes occurring at different levels…technology, institutions, ideology and values”.” |