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The correct answer is Option (3) → Westernisation

Option (1) Sanskritisation — Incorrect. Sanskritisation is the process by which a ‘lower’ caste or group takes over the customs, rituals and style of life of a high caste. A way of writing the date has nothing to do with caste ritual.

Option (2) Liberalisation — Incorrect. Liberalisation is an economic policy of privatisation, loosening government controls and cutting import duties. It does not deal with everyday cultural habits.

Option (3) Westernisation — Correct. M.N. Srinivas defines westernisation as the changes in Indian society and culture brought about by over 150 years of British rule, in technology, institutions, ideology and values. It includes the general spread of Western cultural traits in the habits and styles of people. Writing the date as day, month and year of the Western calendar is one such Western trait in everyday life.

Option (4) Secularisation — Incorrect. Secularisation means a decline in the influence of religion on social life. A date format does not show any change in religious belief or practice.

Note: This is an application-based question. The book gives the concept of westernisation: the changes brought about in Indian society and culture by British rule, including the spread of Western cultural traits in the habits and styles of people in general. It does not give the date format as an example. The answer comes from applying this concept to an everyday habit: writing the date as day, month and year of the Western calendar is a Western practice that has become part of daily life in India.