Women silk spinners and twisters of Bihar lost their jobs once the Chinese and Korean silk yarn entered the market. This is due to _____.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Globalization
Option (1) Modernization — Incorrect. Modernisation first meant improvement in technology and production processes, and later the path of development taken by west Europe and North America. It is a broad change within a society; it does not explain why yarn from China and Korea took away the spinners’ work.
Option (2) Liberalization — Incorrect. Liberalisation is a set of government policies: selling government enterprises to private companies, loosening controls, and reducing tariffs and import duties so that foreign goods can be imported more easily. These policies opened the market, but the loss of jobs came from the wider global flow of goods that followed, which is globalisation.
Option (3) Industrialization — Incorrect. Industrialisation is the growth of machine-based factory production within a country. The spinners did not lose out to Indian factories but to imported yarn.
Option (4) Globalization — Correct. Globalisation links markets across the world, so goods made in one country compete in another. Its effect affects us all but affects us differently: new opportunities for some, the loss of livelihood for others. The women silk spinners and twisters of Bihar lost their jobs once the cheaper, shinier Chinese and Korean yarn entered the market.
NCERT (2025-26): “…The effect of globalisation is far reaching. It affects us all but affects us differently. Thus, while for some it may mean new opportunities, for others the loss of livelihood. Women silk spinners and twisters of Bihar lost their jobs once the Chinese and Korean silk yarn entered the market. Weavers and consumers prefer this yarn as it is somewhat cheaper and has a shine.…” |