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CUET was a huge management disaster orchestrated by the National Testing Agency. Is there anybody in this infinite universe who would disagree with this? Already many articles have been written in the support of that statement, so I wouldn't elaborate on it.
The NTA had released a letter on September 8th, 2022, where they allowed the students to challenge the provisional answer key of the CUET. Because the highly qualified academicians messed up with some questions, I prepared a document and shared it through the given process on October 10th, 2022 at 20:55:51.
Here I verbatim (except for some obvious changes) produce that document:
Political Science
Question ID: 106619
According to the Answer Key, the correct answer should be Option C. Here, I’ll elaborate on how option b) is false. Hence, the correct option should be A.
Option b) states that “Globalisation led to cultural homogenisation.” According to my research, this is a false statement. Globalisation doesn’t lead to cultural homogenisation.
i) It is a subjective statement. Different people can have different opinions that stand right in their own respective way. Hence, this multiple choice question stands wrong.
ii) Our own country, India is an example of how the statement b) is false. We’ve had a diverse culture throughout our history. Different kingdoms and rulers have ruled over our subcontinent at various points in time. But today, almost every district has its own culture, language, and traditions. Cultural heterogeneity is a character trait of our vast subcontinent. Is there anybody who can disagree with this statement?
We can use the same analogy to talk about globalisation where it promotes cultural heterogeneity; people become aware of their traditions, and history and defend them.
iii) Globalisation is not simply homogenization; on the contrary, it enhances cultural identity. First, people are not mere objects of cultural influences, but subjects who can reject or integrate culture.
Culture is the way of life of a people through which they humanise and socialise nature. It implies a worldview, a value system, and a network of social relationships (Featherstone, 1996). Culture is not static; it grows out of reverence for selected customs and habits. Indeed, Webster’s Third New International Dictionary defines culture as the “total pattern of human behaviour and its products embodied in speech, action, and artefacts and dependent upon man’s capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations.”
Deng (2005) points out that cultural identity answers the questions of “Who am I ?”, “Where are we going ?” and “What do we have ?” Since people construct their identities through their cultures, they will defend them. Actually, globalisation brings much more awareness of cultural identity than before.
This idea is very well demonstrated by a scholar of Harbin Engineering University, China in his research paper.
Link: Harbin Engineering University, China
iv) Option C, which according to the provisional answer key is the right option, excludes option d) which states that globalisation is primarily seen as an economic phenomenon. Although I have proved my claims with the help of the above-mentioned points and this point might act as a straw man, I can’t help but state that the primary reason that encourages any entity to grow its business in other states is its expectations of the economic gains.
Hence, with the help of these points, I prove how the option that I chose, id est, Option A should have been the right option.
Question ID: 106615
According to the provisional answer key, option B) is the correct answer. Here, multiple correct answers are possible and I shall demonstrate how option A) also stands correct.
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are the countries that are included in the South Asian region. SAARC, and BIMSTEC are the geo-political groups that include some of these countries. Any group is formed due to the presence of common grounds. In the South Asian Region, the cultural ethos is the common ground. We have a similar climate, respect for different religions, foods, ethics, and several other things in common. This cultural ethos is the sole reason why the geo-political space of South Asia exists. Hence, option A) stands true as well.
History
Question ID: 106536
I still can’t wrap my head around how according to the provisional answer key, this comes under the Concurrent list. According to the 7th Schedule (Article 246) of the Constitution of India, income tax falls (except the agricultural income) under the purview of the Union List.
Link: 7th Schedule. #82 of the List I - Union List is where you’ll find it.
As expected, my claims were royally rejected.
A few hours ago, I filed an RTI to know the reason behind this to-the-face rejection.
Cheers,
Prem
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