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Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → Digital India is a barrier to transform India into a knowledge economy

Option (1) Digital India is a programme to improve global interconnectedness — True. The Government of India started Digital India to create global interconnectedness more efficiently.

Option (2) Every exchange in Digital India would incorporate digitisation — True. Digital India is an ambitious programme in which every exchange will incorporate digitisation.

Option (3) Digital India is a barrier to transform India into a knowledge economy — False. The programme is meant to transform India into a ‘digitally empowered society’ and a ‘knowledge economy’. It is a means of that change, not a barrier to it.

Option (4) The process of globalisation has given rise to network and media society — True. New communication technology compresses time and space, and the process of globalisation is giving rise to network and media society.

NCERT (2025-26): “…Two individuals located on opposite sides of the planet – in Bengaluru and New York – not only can talk, but also send documents and images to one another with the help of satellite technology. The process of globalisation is giving rise to network and media society. To create global interconnectedness more efficiently, the Government of India has initiated an ambitious programme in the form of ‘Digital India’, in which every exchange will incorporate digitisation. It will transform India into a ‘digitally empowered society’ and a ‘knowledge economy’.…”