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With reference to Christophe Jaffrelot's book 'India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India (2003)', consider the following statements: (i) Jaffrelot argues that the 'Silent Revolution' in North India during the Mandal era indicated a gradual transfer of political power from upper castes to lower castes, changing the composition of legislative spheres. (ii) He argues that upper castes accommodated smoothly to this shift and abandoned their reliance on state institutions for maintaining social status. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 2Neither (i) nor (ii)
- 3Both (i) and (ii)
- 4Only (ii)
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