Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Social Movements

Question:
Which of the following is the most appropriate characteristic of redemptive social movements?
Options:
Social movements which try to fight against the oppressors and overthrow the oppressing system,
Redemptive social movements focus on parliamentary participation and mobilization of votes for their own group.
Redemptive Social movements focus on changing the personal consciousness and individual actions of their members.
Social movements which are focusing on the eradication of class differences in the elite society.
Correct Answer:
Redemptive Social movements focus on changing the personal consciousness and individual actions of their members.
Explanation:
The redemptive social movement aims to bring about a change in the personal consciousness and actions of its individual members. For instance, people in the Ezhava community in Kerala were led by Narayana Guru to change their social practices