Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Change and Development in industrial Society

Question:

An industrialised India of the 21st century shares more features with China or the U.S.A. in the 21st century than it shares with 19th century India. Identify the theory which suggests this?

Options:

convergence thesis of Post-Modern Theory

convergence thesis of Modern Theory

convergence thesis of Conflict Theory

convergence thesis of Symbolic Interaction Theory

Correct Answer:

convergence thesis of Modern Theory

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) - convergence thesis of Modern Theory.

According to the convergence thesis put forward by modernisation theorist Clark Kerr, an industrialised India of the 21st century shares more features with China or the United States in the 21st century than it shares with 19th century India.