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**Thought Process:** Question asks what Baudrillard argues (what he believes) → Look for his main claim → He says peop<= replaced REAL happiness with SIGNS of happiness → Signs = symbols/ima>=s of happiness (not actual happiness) → Examp<=: having the latest phone is a SIGN you should be happy, not real happiness itself → So peop<= care more about the SIGN than the REAL thing → Option 1 says this.

🟢 **Option 1** → Correct → His main point: peop<= value signs (symbols) more than real happiness. 🟠 **Option 2** → Too Narrow → TV ads are part of the prob<=m, but not THE main cause he identifies. 🔴 **Option 3** → Wrong → Baudrillard says consumers THINK it's magical, not that it actually IS magical. 🔴 **Option 4** → Wrong Focus → He uses the myth to explain modern shopping, not to talk about Melanesian peop<='s prob<=ms."}],["$","link","2",{"rel":"manifest","href":"https://www.afterboards.in/manifest.json","crossOrigin":"$undefined"}],["$","meta","3",{"name":"keywords","content":"IPMAT Indore,VA,Verbal Ability,Reading Comprehension"}],["$","meta","4",{"name":"robots","content":"index, follow"}],["$","meta","5",{"name":"category","content":"education"}],["$","meta","6",{"name":"google-site-verification","content":"google"}],["$","meta","7",{"property":"og:title","content":"IPMAT Indore - Which of the following is an argument made by Baudrillard? | PYQs + Solutions"}],["$","meta","8",{"property":"og:description","content":"undefined **From passa>=:** \"Baudrillard argues that consumers have replaced 'real' happiness with 'signs' of happiness.\"

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