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A community of agricultural labourers gives up meat-eating and alcohol, adopts rituals of the dominant upper castes and claims a higher rit…

A community of agricultural labourers gives up meat-eating and alcohol, adopts rituals of the dominant upper castes and claims a higher ritual status in the local caste hierarchy. This process is best described by the sociologist M. N. Srinivas as:

  • ASanskritisation
  • BWesternisation
  • CSecularisation
  • DModernisation
Correct answer: A

Explanation

Sanskritisation is the process by which a lower caste adopts the customs and rituals of a higher caste to move up the hierarchy.

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