Extended working hours to increase output by introducing flexi-time i…

The correct answer is Option (3) → Time slavery

Option (1) Globalisation — Incorrect. Globalisation is the growing interconnection of the world through trade, capital, technology, people and ideas. Outsourced IT work is part of it, but globalisation is the wider process, not the name for long working hours.

Option (2) Westernisation — Incorrect. Westernisation is the change in Indian society brought about by contact with the West, in ways of life, dress, food, ideas and values. It does not describe working hours.

Option (3) Time slavery — Correct. In the IT sector an average work day runs to 10–12 hours, and engineers put in extra hours and days to meet deadlines. These extended hours are legitimised by ‘flexi-time’, which in theory lets employees choose their hours but in practice means working as long as the task needs. This is described as ‘time slavery’ in the IT sector.

Option (4) Division of labour — Incorrect. Division of labour means splitting work into separate tasks done by different people, as on an assembly line. It is about who does which part of the work, not about how long the working day is.