(A): Practice of Hypergamy has been found among such groups as the Rajput and the Jat of North India, Anvail Brahmin and Patidar of Gujarat, Maithil Brahmin of Bihar, Rarhi Brahmin of Bengal and among the Kanyakubja and Saryupari Brahmin of Uttar Pradesh.
Reason (R) : Upper castes tend to exploit the lower castes by legalizing such marriages