Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The word Dalit was first used in the new context in Hindi by neo-Buddhist activists, the followers of Babasaheb Ambedkar.
Statement II: Social movements of Dalits have been called a struggle to be touched.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Statement I: The word Dalit was first used in the new context in Hindi by neo-Buddhist activists, the followers of Babasaheb Ambedkar. — Incorrect. Neo-Buddhist activists, the followers of Babasaheb Ambedkar, first used the word Dalit in its new context in Marathi. Hindi is only one of the languages where the word is commonly used today.
Statement II: Social movements of Dalits have been called a struggle to be touched. — Correct. Dalit movements are a struggle for recognition as fellow human beings and for an end to the stigma of untouchability. For this reason they have been called a struggle to be touched.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Dalit Movement “The word Dalit is commonly used in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and many other Indian languages, meaning the poor and oppressed persons. It was first used in the new context in Marathi by neo-Buddhist activists, the followers of Babasaheb Ambedkar in the early 1970s. It refers to those who have been broken, ground down by those above them in a deliberate way.” |