Find the Incorrect statement from the given statements.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Digital India is a barrier in transforming India into a knowledge economy
Option (1) To create global interconnectedness more efficiently, the Government of India has initiated an ambitious program in the form of ‘Digital India’ — True. Digital India is the government’s programme to create global interconnectedness more efficiently.
Option (2) Every exchange in Digital India would incorporate digitization — True. Under the programme, every exchange will incorporate digitisation.
Option (3) The process of globalisation is giving rise to network and media society — True. With satellite technology people can talk and send documents and images to one another, and globalisation is giving rise to a network and media society.
Option (4) Digital India is a barrier in transforming India into a knowledge economy — False. Digital India is meant to transform India into a ‘digitally empowered society’ and a ‘knowledge economy’. It is a means to that change, not a barrier to it.
NCERT (2025-26): “Global Communications … Two individuals located on opposite sides of the planet – in Bengaluru and New York – not only can talk, but also send documents and images to one another with the help of satellite technology. The process of globalisation is giving rise to network and media society. To create global interconnectedness more efficiently, the Government of India has initiated an ambitious programme in the form of ‘Digital India’, in which every exchange will incorporate digitisation. It will transform India into a ‘digitally empowered society’ and a ‘knowledge economy’.…” |