Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:
The new middle class in India is upwardly mobile, educated mostly in English and works in professional, technical and/or managerial careers. It is connected to global networks tworks of consumption, consuming global brands and aspiring toward lifestyles of conspicuous consumption. The identity of this class is defined by its participation in global commodity chains. The market defines the identity of the middle class, as a site of identity formation, expression and aspiration. Also salient within the new middle class are several strata. The highest stratum is occupied by the white collar corporate mid-to high level managers who actively participate in transnational capitalism. What connects these various groups in the elite class is a common vision of the nation-state narrated the miracle of the market. The articulation o of the market as the centre of India's economic growth and development is the overarching anchor for the various discourses of the policy-making and implementation. The middle class in India make a of India's elite. They participate in the consumption culture of India. This culture is enabled by rapid reforms and punctuated in the rise of urban hubs of belonging. Belonging in this is in the story of consumption and lifestyles. Here consumption is equated to development and modernisation.
The elite class has a vision of the nation-state anchored by
Correct Answer :
Marker miracle
Solution :
The correct option is Marker miracle.
Let us break down the passage step-by-step to understand why this option is correct:
1. Locate the key information in the text:
The passage explicitly states: "What connects these various groups in the elite class is a common vision of the nation-state narrated the miracle of the market."
2. Map the text to the options:
The phrase "miracle of the market" (or its typographical representation in the options, "Marker miracle") is identified as the central theme narrating the common vision of the nation-state for the elite class.
3. Conclusion:
Therefore, the vision of the nation-state is anchored by the "Marker miracle" (representing the miracle of the market described in the passage).
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