INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The caste of a person is primarily determined by his/her birth. The system of stratification of society into different divisions is termed the caste system. 1)Brahmans-Priests and intellectuals 2)Kshatriyas-Rulers and warriors 3)Vaishyas-Traders and merchants 4)Shudras-laborers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Among the most distinctive factors of the caste system is the close link between castes and occupations, especially in rural India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in terms of manual labour.

Detailed explanation-3: -Caste is determined by birth-a child is “born into” the caste of his parents. Caste is never a matter of choice. One can never change one’s caste, leave it, or choose not to join it, although there are instances where a paerson maybe expelled from their caste.

Detailed explanation-4: -4. Occupational Theory. Caste hierarchy is according to the occupation. Those professions which were regarded as better and respectable made the persons who performed them superior to those who were engaged in dirty professions.

Detailed explanation-5: -Occupational theory : Nesfield originally gave the name occupational theory, according to which castes in India developed as per the occupation of a person. Concept of superior and inferior caste also came with this as some persons were doing superior jobs and some were into lower kinds of jobs.