Consider the following statements about independent India and the world:
(A) Independent India's global outlook was in many senses inherited from the nationalist movement.
(B) Foreign firms did not operate in independent India before liberalisation.
(C) Export and import of raw material, goods and technology was a part of development since independence.
(D) Given these links, we need to ask whether current change is radically different from the past.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, C and D only
(A) Independent India's global outlook was in many senses inherited from the nationalist movement. — Correct. India's global outlook after independence came in many ways from the nationalist movement. That movement stood for liberation struggles and solidarity with people across the world.
(B) Foreign firms did not operate in independent India before liberalisation. — Incorrect. Foreign firms did operate in India after independence. Global business links were present long before the present phase of globalisation.
(C) Export and import of raw material, goods and technology was a part of development since independence. — Correct. Trade in raw material, goods and technology was part of India's development from independence onwards.
(D) Given these links, we need to ask whether current change is radically different from the past. — Correct. Since India already had such links, we must ask whether the present process of change is radically different from the past. This is the doubt raised about globalisation being something wholly new.
NCERT (2026-27): “Independent India and the World |