Match the examples in List I with concept into List II concept
| LIST I Examples | LIST II Concept | ||
| (A) | Sale of kidney by poor to cater to rich patients | (I) | Weekly Market |
| (B) | BPO | (II) | Status symbol |
| (C) | Use of Branded Cars | (III) | Globalisation |
| (D) | Dhorai | (IV) | Commodification |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(A) Sale of kidney by poor to cater to rich patients — this matches (IV) Commodification. Commodification occurs when things that were earlier not traded in the market become commodities; the sale of kidneys by the poor to rich patients is an example, and many people hold that human organs should not become commodities.
(B) BPO — this matches (III) Globalisation. Business process outsourcing (BPO) industries, such as call centres, are among the major avenues through which India is getting connected to the global economy: companies based in India provide low-cost services to customers in the developed countries of the West.
(C) Use of Branded Cars — this matches (II) Status symbol. Max Weber coined the term status symbol for the link between the goods people use and their status; among the middle class in India today, the brand of cell phone or the model of car one owns is a marker of socio-economic status.
(D) Dhorai — this matches (I) Weekly Market. The weekly ‘tribal market’ in Dhorai village, Bastar, is an example of a periodic market, a central feature of social and economic life in agrarian societies.
NCERT (2025-26): “A weekly ‘tribal market’ in Dhorai village, Bastar, Chattisgarh … In most agrarian or ‘peasant’ societies around the world, periodic markets are a central feature of social and economic organisation. Weekly markets bring together people from surrounding villages, who come to sell their agricultural or other produce and to buy manufactured goods and other items that are not available in their villages.…” “…Commodification occurs when things that were earlier not traded in the market become commodities. For instance, labour or skills become things that can be bought and sold. According to Marx and other critics of capitalism, the process of commodification has negative social effects. The commodification of labour is one example, but there are many other examples in contemporary society. For instance, there is a controversy about the sale of kidneys by the poor to cater to rich patients who need kidney transplants. According to many people, human organs should not become commodities.…” “…One of sociology’s founders, Max Weber, was among the first to point out that the goods that people buy and use are closely related to their status in society. He coined the term status symbol to describe this relationship. For example, among the middle class in India today, the brand of cell phone or the model of car that one owns are important markers of socio-economic status.…” “…The software services industries and business process outsourcing (BPO) industries (such as call centres) are some of the major avenues through which India is getting connected to the global economy.…” |