EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Social classes, status groups, age and gender groups, crowds can be seen as examples of quasi groups.

Detailed explanation-2: -As these examples suggest quasi groups may well become social groups in time and in specific circumstances. For example, individuals belonging to a particular social class or caste or community may not be organised as a collective body. They may be yet to be infused with a sense of “we” feeling.

Detailed explanation-3: -In mathematics, especially in abstract algebra, a quasigroup is an algebraic structure resembling a group in the sense that “division” is always possible. Quasigroups differ from groups mainly in that they need not be associative and need not have an identity element.