Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Cultural Change

Question:

The statement "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" refers to the process of __________.

Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the option given below.

Options:

Sanskritisation

Colonisation

Westernisation

Secularisation

Correct Answer:

Westernisation

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) - 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”.