In the discussion on the amazing growth of cell phone usage in India, parents encouraging its usage is linked to which cause?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Lessening their anxieties about children's whereabouts
Option (1) Showing the family's status before neighbours — Incorrect. Status is raised as its own reason, in the question whether the cell phone is still a status symbol. That point is about the owner's standing and is not linked to parents.
Option (2) Letting children keep close ties with grandparents — Incorrect. Close family ties are linked to the telephone and PCOs in general, as in grandparents talking to grandchildren. Parents are linked to a different worry, about where their children are.
Option (3) Lessening their anxieties about children's whereabouts — Correct. Parents may encourage cell phone use in order to lessen their anxieties about where their children are. A phone lets them reach a child at any time.
Option (4) Cutting the family's spending on calls from PCOs — Incorrect. Saving on PCO calls is not among the reasons raised for the growth of cell phones. PCOs appear only as a walk-in service where people pay metered charges.
NCERT (2026-27): “Global Communications … “Ø Has it happened because of clever marketing and media campaign? Is it still a status symbol? Ø Or, is there a strong need for remaining ‘connected’, communicating with friends and near and dear ones? Ø Are parents encouraging its usage in order to lessen their anxieties about children’s whereabouts? Ø Try and find out the different reasons why the youth” |