Studies of which Kerala community show conscious efforts to westernise despite not being upper caste?
ANayars
BMappilas
CEzhavas
DThiyyas
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Thiyyas
1. Srinivas thought upper castes westernised.
2. Elite Thiyyas appropriated British culture.
3. This critiqued caste through cosmopolitan living.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 2, Cultural Change._
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