Which of the four processes of cultural change pre-dates colonial rule?
ASanskritisation
BModernisation
CSecularisation
DWesternisation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Sanskritisation
1. The other three were responses to colonialism.
2. Sanskritisation pre-dates colonial rule.
3. It concerns social mobility within caste.
_Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 2, Cultural Change._
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