Question

According to David Pocock, the Indian Jajmani system reflects _____.

• A. Hierarchical collectivity
• B. Regulated individuality
• C. Egalitarian collectivity
• D. Anarchic individuality

Hint:

Think of Jajmani as a {rule-governed reciprocity system}: rules $\Rightarrow$ regulated individuality; reciprocity $\Rightarrow$ a collective balance of services.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B, C

Step 1: What Jajmani denotes. The Jajmani system describes a web of customary, reciprocal service relations between occupational groups in an Indian village. It prescribes {roles}, {rights}, and {obligations}.
Step 2: Pocock’s emphasis. Pocock highlighted how these ties {regulate} the conduct of individuals—each person’s obligations are specified by community norms (regulated individuality). He also stressed the {collective reciprocity} of the system that aims at a functional balance of services across groups (egalitarian collectivity in the sense of mutual interdependence rather than status equality).
Step 3: Eliminate distractors. It is not anarchic (rules are explicit), and the point of Pocock’s treatment here is not to frame it as hierarchical collectivity.
Final Answer: (B), (C)