Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II | ||
| (A) | Total Revolution | (I) | Indira Gandhi |
| (B) | Garibi Hatao | (II) | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| (C) | Students Protest | (III) | Bihar Movement |
| (D) | Railway Strike | (IV) | George Fernandes |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(A) Total Revolution — this matches (II) Jai Prakash Narayan. He gave the call for total revolution.
(B) Garibi Hatao — this matches (I) Indira Gandhi.
(C) Students Protest — this matches (III) Bihar Movement.
(D) Railway Strike — this matches (IV) George Fernandes.
NCERT (2026-27): “Gujarat and Bihar movements … In March 1974 students came together in Bihar to protest against rising prices, food scarcity, unemployment and corruption. After a point they invited Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), who had given up active politics and was involved in social work, to lead the student movement. He accepted it on the condition that the movement will remain non-violent and will not limit itself to Bihar. Thus the students’ movement assumed a political character and had national appeal.… Railway Strike of 1974 … The National Coordination Committee for Railwaymen’s Struggle led by George Fernandes gave a call for nationwide strike by all employees of the Railways for pressing their demands related to bonus and service conditions. The government was opposed to these demands. So, the employees of India’s largest public sector undertaking went on a strike in May 1974.…” NCERT (2026-27), chapter ‘Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System’: “The 1971 Election and Restoration of Congress … Yet the new Congress had something that its big opponents lacked – it had an issue, an agenda and a positive slogan. The Grand Alliance did not have a coherent political programme. Indira Gandhi said that the opposition alliance had only one common programme: Indira Hatao (Remove Indira). In contrast to this, she put forward a positive programme captured in the famous slogan: Garibi Hatao (Remove Poverty).…” NCERT (2026-27): Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 6: The Crisis of Democratic Order, section ‘Gujarat and Bihar movements’
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