Paper 1 · Communication
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (23.09.2022) Shift-II
Given below are two statements. Statement I: New communication technologies have created social awareness across cultural boundaries. Statement II: The disintegration of institutionalised centres of responsibility because of new communication technology is a hard fact. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Statement I: New communication technologies have created social awareness across cultural boundaries.
- Statement II: The disintegration of institutionalised centres of responsibility because of new communication technology is a hard fact.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true ✓ Correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true — The answer is that both statements are true.
Explanation
★The answer is that both statements are true.
★New communication technologies connect distant cultures and raise awareness across boundaries, so Statement I is true.
★The same technologies also weaken older, centralised centres of responsibility, so Statement II is true.
★The shift from face-to-face to virtual contact brings both effects.
★So both statements hold together.
★They describe two real sides of the new media age.
★So the answer is that both statements are true.
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