Question

The revolution in information technology (IT), far from helping India to leapfrog to a post-industrial
society, threatens to rupture the social fabric by enriching a few at the cost of many.
2. In a very short time and quite unexpectedly, India has risen to considerable eminence in the world
of information technology. This year, software products are expected to account for $ 5.7 billion in
exports and will account for a quarter of the growth in the economy, which is expected to grow
nearly seven per cent. Within eight years, predicts a recent study by McKinsey & Co. and the
National Association of Software & Service Companies (Nasscom), India’s annual IT exports could
hit $ 50 billion about 33 per cent of global software exports. Such a surge is expected to generate 2.2
million jobs—and push our growth rate near the double digits that many East Asian Tigers enjoyed
before the 1997 crash.
3. For the rapidly growing middle class, which was desperate to make its presence felt but remained
mired in the great Indian outback of the global economy and regretfully watched the industrial
revolution pass it by, this is the moment they have been waiting for. When countries like Japan and
Germany, the objects of Indian admiration, should come knocking on our doors to solicit our talent
to invigorate their industry, it is indeed redemption of sorts. And IT is the cause of it all.
4. The big question is, will IT do an encore for India as a nation, and not just for a wafer thin percentage
of IT-literate Indians, mostly the poster boys of the IITs?
5. IT has, as yet, failed to touch the lives of the average citizen and India is nowhere close to being a
knowledge economy or society. As per the International Data Corporation (IDC), in a survey of 55
countries, India ranks 54th on its Information Society Index.
6. The fact is, it is a straightforward reflection of the deep inequality of our education system which
breeds a few ‘geniuses’ at the cost of the entire nation. A study by former director of the National
Centre for Software Technology, R. Narasimhan, points out that nowhere is the digital divide more
glaring than in IT education. The report warns that India’s ‘obsession’ with the software industry
and its exports orientation is leading to the churning out of unemployable students on one hand and
bright whiz-kids on the other. While the latter are lured away by overseas employers, the former
remain unemployable. Narasimhan cautions against the ‘hype’ associated with the phenomenal
growth of India’s software industry defying rational explanations and built up into a ‘mystique of
sort’ which breeds false hopes. .
7. India’s software industry is a poor employment generator. In the mid-Nineties, some 20,000 people
were actively employed in software export services. In contrast, there were three million registered
unemployed graduates in the Nineties. While the ‘Narasimhan study doesn’t mention number of jobs
lost due to computerisation, one could comfortably add a million to the number.
i. The revolution in IT threatens to break apart the social fabric
because..............................
(a) the stocks of software companies have risen at BSE
(b) it has helped India to rise beyond the industrial society
(c) it is enriching a few at the cost of many
(d) it has created a gulf between the rural and urban sector
ii. Growth in export of Indian software products and national economy have been achieved
because of..............................
(a) global recession
(b) liberalised economy
(c) public private cooperation
(d) eminence of Information Technology
iii. It is a time of pride for the middle classes in India because..............................
(a) developed industrial nations will require Indian software professionals to invigorate their
industry
(b) they are desperate to make their presence felt
(c) they have remained stuck in the mud of global economy
(d) they have regretfully watched the industrial revolution pass by them
iv. The digital divide is clearly visible in IT revolution because..............................
(a) it has improved a lot of average Indian citizen
(b) it has benefitted only the products of IITs or some IT-literates
(c) it has made India a knowledge economy or society
(d) non-IT trained students run the IT institutes
v. Narasimhan’s report cautions against ‘hype’ around IT software industry
because..............................
(a) it is rational
(b) it breeds false hopes
(c) all look for foreign assignments
(d) it attracts even the dullards
vi. The word ‘redemption’ in para 3 means..............................
(a) recoupment
(b) recumbent
(c) recovery
(d) redeeming
Answer the following questions in brief:
vii. Why is IT not beneficial for average Indians? 1
viii. What does Narasimhan’s report highlight on IT software industry?

Answer 1

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1. (c) It is enriching a few at the cost of many.
2. (d) eminence of IT
3. (d) they have the regretfully Industrial Revolution pass by them.
4. (b) it has benefitted only the products of IITs or some IT literates
5. (b) it breeds false hopes
6. (c) recovery
7. IT is not beneficial for average Indians bcoz not all are able to be Tech savvy and aren't that literate.
8. The report warns that India’s ‘obsession’ with the software industry and its exports orientation is leading to the churning out of unemployable students on one hand and bright whiz-kids on the other. While the latter are lured away by overseas employers, the former remain unemployable.

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Answer 2

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