A teacher uses examples to show how new social movements differ from old ones. Which of the following pairs of example and the point it illustrates is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Chipko movement - inequality alongside other, equally important issues
Option (1) Women's movement - participants organised along class lines — Incorrect. The women's movement brings urban, middle-class feminists together with poor peasant women. It unites people across class boundaries, so it does not show organisation along class lines.
Option (2) Chipko movement - inequality alongside other, equally important issues — Correct. New social movements are not about economic inequality alone. The Chipko movement raised social inequality together with other, equally important issues such as ecology and political representation.
Option (3) Regional movements for statehood - groups sharing one class identity — Incorrect. Movements for separate statehood bring together groups who do not share one class identity. They show unity across class lines, which is the reverse of this pairing.
Option (4) Workers' movement - identity politics and cultural aspirations — Incorrect. The workers' movement is an old social movement, built on class and economic demands. Identity politics and cultural aspirations are marks of the new social movements.
NCERT (2026-27): “Distinguishing the new social movement from the old social movements … “This will be clear when we discuss the Chipko movement in the next section.” |