Chapter 6

NCERT
Class 9
English
Solutions
(i) Which social groups does he mention? Were these groups easily identifiable (for example, by the way they dressed)?

Question:

“On the whole, the small society of Rameswaram was very rigid in terms of the segregation of different social groups,” says the author.

(i) Which social groups does he mention? Were these groups easily identifiable (for example, by the way they dressed)?

Answer:

He mentions two social groups of Rameshwaram– Orthodox Brahmins and Muslims. Yes, these groups were easily identifiable. Kalam wore a cap, which marked him as a Muslim. Ramanadha Sastry wore a sacred thread which marked him a Hindu.

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