Shopping Malls reflect a feature of which one of the following processes:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Urbanisation
Option (1) Secularisation — Incorrect. Secularisation is the process of decline in the influence of religion. Shopping malls have nothing to do with the place of religion in society.
Option (2) Sanskritisation — Incorrect. Sanskritisation is the process by which members of a caste try to raise their status by adopting the practices of a higher caste. It is about caste status, not about how cities grow.
Option (3) Colonialism — Incorrect. Colonialism is the rule of one country over another, as British rule over India. The spread of malls is a feature of present-day cities, long after colonial rule ended.
Option (4) Urbanisation — Correct. Urbanisation is the growth of towns and cities. Today cultural consumption (of art, food, fashion, music, tourism) shapes the growth of cities to a large extent, and this is evident in the spurt in the growth of shopping malls, multiplex cinema halls and amusement parks in every major city in India.
NCERT (2025-26): “Globalisation and Culture … Till the 1970s the manufacturing industries used to play a major role in the growth of cities. Presently, cultural consumption (of art, food, fashion, music, tourism) shapes to a large extent the growth of cities. This is evident in the spurt in the growth of shopping malls, multiplex cinema halls, amusement parks and ‘water world’ in every major city in India. Most significantly advertisements and the media in general promote a culture where spending is important. To be careful with money is no longer a virtue. Shopping is a past time actively encouraged.…” |