If we know the occupation and income of a child's parents, we can clearly identify about child's :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Class group
Option (1) Caste group — Incorrect. Caste is decided by birth; one can never change one’s caste. Parents’ jobs and earnings today do not fix a child’s caste.
Option (3) Class group — Correct. Each of us belongs to many groups at once. Depending on the parents’ occupation and the family income, a person is a member of an economic class, such as the lower middle class or the upper class. Occupation and income are the very things that place a child in a class.
NCERT (2025-26): “A comparable social map would tell you where you are located in society. For example, as a seventeen or eighteen year old, you belong to the social group called ‘young people’. People your age or younger account for about forty per cent of India’s population. You might belong to a particular regional or linguistic community, such as a Gujarati speaker from Gujarat or a Telugu speaker from Andhra Pradesh. Depending on your parent’s occupation and your family income, you would also be a member of an economic class, such as lower middle class or upper class.…” |