Joint family can take various forms. However, a joint family consists of more than one couple and often more than two generations live together. It can be a group of brothers with their individual families or elderly couple, their sons, grandchildren and their families.

Following are the main features of joint family :

(i) Large Size: The size of the joint family is large. This includes parents, children, grandchildren and their wives as well as other close relatives.

(ii) Common Residence: The members of a joint family generally live under one roof.

(iii) A productive unit: The joint family acts as a productive unit. Joint family helps in agriculture and business activities.

(iv) Joint Property: Property is owned, produced and consumed on a joint basis. The head of the family is like a trustee who manages the family property for the welfare of the family members.

Following are some of the merits of globalization :

(i) Globalization helps in linking all the resources together.

(ii) Globalization helps in the development of underdeveloped countries.

(iii) Globalization encourages free trade between nations.

(iv) Globalization creates more employment opportunities.

Social movements are two characteristics :

(i) Social movements often arise with the aim of bringing about change on a public issue.

(ii) Social movement chart campaign involving lobbying with government, media and other important makers of public opinion.

Following are the two features of Indian Constitution:

(i) The Indian Constitution can be said to be the largest written constitution in the world because of its content. It contained 395. Articles and 12 Schedules and more than 80 amendments.

(ii) The Constitution of India is neither purely rigid nor purely flexible. There is a harmonious blend of rigidity and flexibility.

The most common difference between 'caste' and 'varna' is that while the classification of the four varnas is the same across India, there are more localized classifications in the caste hierarchy that differ from region to region.

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