Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Sanskritisation, modernisation, secularisation and westernisation operate as separate processes and do not overlap with one another.
Statement II: Meena, a Pune doctor trained in modern medicine who also keeps traditional fasts, shows that a person can be modern in some ways and traditional in another.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Statement I: Sanskritisation, modernisation, secularisation and westernisation operate as separate processes and do not overlap with one another. — Incorrect. The four processes are studied in different sections only for ease of study. In real life they overlap in many ways and often co-exist.
Statement II: Meena, a Pune doctor trained in modern medicine who also keeps traditional fasts, shows that a person can be modern in some ways and traditional in another. — Correct. Meena practises modern medicine and also keeps traditional fasts. This shows that the same person can be modern in some ways and traditional in another, a co-existence often seen in India.
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