Read the statements given below and choose the option with the correct order.

(A) Industrialisation
(B) Secularisation
(C) Westernisation
(D) Sanskritisation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(D), (A), (C), (B)

The correct answer is Option (2) - (D), (A), (C), (B)

(D) Sanskritisation : Sanskritisation pre-dates the coming of colonial rule.

(A) Industrialisation: Industrialisation refers to the emergence of machine production, based on the use of inanimate power resources like steam or electricity.Britain, the first society to undergo industrialisation.

(C) Westernisation : M.N. Srinivas defines westernisation as “the changes brought about in Indian society and culture as a result of over 150 years of British rule, the term subsuming changes occurring at different levels…technology, institutions, ideology and values”.

(B) Secularisation : It is the most recent phenomenon. In the modern west, secularisation has usually meant a process of decline in the influence of religion. It has been an assumption of all theorists of modernisation that modern societies become increasingly secular. Indicators of secularisation have referred to levels of involvement with religious organisations (such as rates of church attendance), the social and material influence of religious organisations, and the degree to which people hold religious beliefs.