What cannot be claimed as an impact of globalization?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → Even and Uniform Development

Option (1) Cultural interaction Can be claimed (Incorrect). Globalisation has political, economic and cultural manifestations. Ideas move from one part of the world to another, and cultures meet and influence each other, so cultural interaction is one of its effects.

Option (2) Worldwide Interconnectedness Can be claimed (Incorrect). It is the central element of globalisation, created by constant flows across the world.

Option (3) Even and Uniform Development Cannot be claimed (Correct). The impact of globalisation is vastly uneven: it affects some societies more than others, and some parts of some societies more than others.

Option (4) Economic Interdependence Can be claimed (Incorrect). Economic globalisation means flows of capital being shunted between places and commodities being traded across borders. As these flows grow, the economies of different countries come to depend on one another, so interdependence is an impact that can be claimed.

NCERT (2025-26): “Concept of Globalisation … Globalisation as a concept fundamentally deals with flows. These flows could be of various kinds — ideas moving from one part of the world to another, capital shunted between two or more places, commodities being traded across borders, and people moving in search of better livelihoods to different parts of the world. The crucial element is the ‘worldwide interconnectedness’ that is created and sustained as a consequence of these constant flows.

Concept of Globalisation … Globalisation is a multidimensional concept. It has political, economic and cultural manifestations, and these must be adequately distinguished. It is wrong to assume that globalisation has purely economic dimensions, just as it would also be mistaken to assume that it is a purely cultural phenomenon. The impact of globalisation is vastly uneven — it affects some societies more than others and some parts of some societies more than others — and it is important to avoid drawing general conclusions about the impact of globalisation without paying sufficient attention to specific contexts.”