GK
WORLD HISTORY
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India had fewer distinct social groups.
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Indian social groups were defined more rigidly.
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Social status in India was defined in terms of literary learning.
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Social distinctions in India were more fluid.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How was India’s social structure different from that of China? Indian social groups were defined more rigidly. government loans to peasant families. were patriarchal in organization.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did India’s social system differ from China’s in the second-wave era? Indian social groups were more rigidly defined. → Almost no social movement was possible in Indian society, whereas in China modest social mobility was possible through the civil service exams for instance.
Detailed explanation-3: -While both Classical China and India had hierarchy’s based on agriculture and organized patriarchal societies, India developed multiple institutions, such as language, while China developed one united dialect. Agriculture helped set a hierarchy for these classical civilizations.
Detailed explanation-4: -How would you characterize the social hierarchy of China during the second-wave era? The landowners often bickered with the officials as the officials saw landowners to be the problem in Chinese society. Also peasants had to give up a lot of their time to work for the government in public projects or the military.