In which year the Right to Information movement has been started?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → 1990
The movement for the Right to Information started in 1990, when the MKSS in Rajasthan demanded the records of famine relief work and the accounts of labourers.
Note 1: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Rise of Popular Movements’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
Note 2: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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* A similar question.
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 7: Rise of Popular Movements
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