Bengalimatrimony.com can be considered to be an expression of:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → community identity
Option (1) community identity — Correct. Community identity is based on birth and ‘belonging’ rather than on any qualification or accomplishment; it is what we ‘are’, not what we have ‘become’. A matrimonial site meant for Bengalis brings together people who belong by birth to one community and wish to marry within it, so it expresses community identity.
Option (2) professional identity — Incorrect. A professional identity is acquired: doctors or architects have to pass exams and show their competence to belong to their profession. A Bengali is a Bengali by birth, without passing any test.
Option (3) class identity — Incorrect. Class is a position based on economic resources such as income, property and wealth. The site groups people by the community they are born into, whatever their income.
Option (4) religious identity — Incorrect. A religious identity rests on a shared faith. The site is named after a people who share a language and a culture, not after a religion.
NCERT (2025-26): “6.1 The Importance of Community Identity … Community identity is based on birth and ‘belonging’ rather than on some form of acquired qualifications or ‘accomplishment’. It is what we ‘are’ rather than what we have ‘become’. We don’t have to do anything to be born into a community – in fact, no one has any choice about which family or community or country they are born into. These kinds of identities are called ‘ascriptive’ – that is, they are determined by the birth and do not involve any choice on the part of the individuals concerned. It is an odd fact of social life that people feel a deep sense of security and satisfaction in belonging to communities in which their membership is entirely accidental. We often identify so strongly with communities we have done noting to ‘deserve’ - passed no exam, demonstrated no skill or competence... This is very unlike belonging to, say, a profession or team. Doctors or architects have to pass exams and demonstrate their competence. Even in sports, a certain level of skill and performance are a necessary pre-condition for membership in a team. But our membership in our families or religious or regional communities is without preconditions, and yet it is total.…” |