Identify from the following list of those factors that help in social mobility:-

a)Education

b) Caste

c) Income

d) Occupation

e) Religion

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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UGC NET Paper 2: Education 12th Nov 2020 Shift 1

Answer 1

social mobility

Social mobility is the movement of individuals, families, households, or other categories of people within or between social strata in a society.
It is a change in social status relative to one's current social location within a given society.
Social mobility reveals the degree to which an individual's starting point in life determines their chances in the future, and therefore the extent.
In developed and developing countries, greater population expansion at the lower than at the higher levels contribute to upward mobility.
Overall population growth creates new positions in the upper and middle levels, where growth is not great enough to fill the vacancies.
It is an opportunity for those from underprivileged backgrounds to break the boundary of their social class.

Therefore, the following list of those factors that help in social mobility:-