Caste as closed system of stratification.

Example : Varna System – Hindu society is divided into four varnas – Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaishyas and Shudras. Occupation social status and lifestyle of every varna is determined by some rules and regulations and it is a group based on birth.

Each position in the caste structure is defined in terms of its ‘purity and pollution’. In a caste stratification system, an individual’s position depends on the status attributes ascribed by birth. Therefore, caste is the closed form of social stratification. Since membership based on birth, morality from one caste to another is impossible. Each caste has its own traditional social status, occupation, customs, rules and regulations. Castes are endogamous group and every caste insist that its members should marry within the group which further makes the caste system rigid.