Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Cultural Change

Question:

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:

Modernity spelled not merely new ideas but also rethinking and reinterpretation of tradition. Both culture and traditions are living entities. People learn them and in turn modify them. India's structural and cultural diversity is self-evident. This diversity shapes the different ways that modernisation or westernisation, sanskritisation or secularisation effects or does not effect different groups of people. It is up to you to explore and identify the complex ways modernisation impacts people in different parts of the country or impacts different classes and castes in the same region. And even women and men from the same class or community.

What kind of change is brought about by secularisation in India?

Options:

Structural change

Intra-regional change

National change

Cultural change

Correct Answer:

Cultural change

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Cultural change

The kind of change brought about by secularisation in India is primarily cultural change. Secularisation involves the process of reducing the influence of religion on various aspects of social life, which leads to shifts in cultural practices, beliefs, and norms.