A student notes the following points on tribal movements in India. Wh…

A student notes the following points on tribal movements in India. Which of them are correct?

(A) Many tribal movements are located in the tribal belt of middle India.
(B) Jharkhand is a tribal movement with a history going back a hundred years.
(C) Jharkhand was carved out of north Bihar in 2000.
(D) Birsa Munda, an adivasi, led a major uprising against the British.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A, B and D only

(A) Many tribal movements are located in the tribal belt of middle India. — Correct. Many tribal movements have been largely located in the so-called tribal belt of middle India.

(B) Jharkhand is a tribal movement with a history going back a hundred years. — Correct. Jharkhand is taken as an example of a tribal movement with a history that goes back a hundred years.

(C) Jharkhand was carved out of north Bihar in 2000. — Incorrect. Jharkhand was carved out of south Bihar in the year 2000.

(D) Birsa Munda, an adivasi, led a major uprising against the British. — Correct. Birsa Munda, an adivasi, led a major uprising against the British and became the charismatic leader of the Jharkhand movement.

NCERT (2026-27): “8.7 The Tribal Movements
Different tribal groups spread across the country may share common issues. But the distinctions between them are equally significant. Many of the tribal movements have been largely located in the so called ‘tribal belt’ in middle India, such as the Santhals, Hos, Oraons, Mundas in Chota Nagpur and the Santhal Parganas. The region constitutes the main part of what has come to be called Jharkhand.”

“We will not be able to go into any detailed account of the different movements. We take Jharkhand as an example of a tribal movement with a history that goes back a hundred years. …”

“Jharkhand is one of the newly formed states of India, carved out of south Bihar in the year 2000. Behind the formation of this state lies more than a century of resistance. The social movement for Jharkhand had a charismatic leader in Birsa Munda, an adivasi who led a major uprising against the British. …”