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What is the role of the sadhus in Indian society?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The development of a bureaucracy, expansion of educational opportunities, reduction in the spheres of social behavior in which religion and kinship play a role, and achievement replacing ascription as the basis for defining roles are all associated with:
 
  a. modernization.
  b. revitalization.
  c. acculturation.
  d. revolution.
  e. syncretism.



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Answer to Question 1

They are holy men whose lives demand extraordinary physical and mental sacrifices. They are revered in Indian society for their devout religious practice.

Answer to Question 2

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