Match List I with List II. Match the social movements in List I with their type in List II
| LIST-I (Name of movements) | LIST-II (Type of movements) | ||
| A. | Tebhaga movement | I. | Tribal movement |
| B. | Chipko movement | II. | Dalit movement |
| C. | Satnami movement | III. | Peasant movement |
| D. | Jharkhand movement | IV. | Ecological movement |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
(A) Tebhaga movement — this matches (III) Peasant movement. It was a struggle of sharecroppers in Bengal for two-thirds share of their produce instead of the customary half.
(B) Chipko movement — this matches (IV) Ecological movement. In this ecological movement, villagers rallied together to save the oak and rhododendron forests near their villages; when the contractors came to cut the trees, villagers, including a large number of women, stepped forward to hug the trees to prevent their being felled.
(C) Satnami movement — this matches (II) Dalit movement. It was a movement of the Chamars in the Chhattisgarh plains, part of the Dalit quest for equality, self-dignity and the eradication of untouchability.
(D) Jharkhand movement — this matches (I) Tribal movement. Jharkhand is a tribal movement of the Santhals, Hos, Oraons and Mundas of Chota Nagpur, with a history that goes back a hundred years.
NCERT (2025-26): “Peasant Movements … At the time of Independence, we had the two most classical cases of peasant movements, namely the Tebhaga movement (1946–47) and the Telangana movement (1946–51). The first was a struggle of sharecroppers in Bengal in North Bihar for two thirds share of their produce instead of the customary half.…” “8.4 Ecological Movements … According to Ramachandra Guha in his book, Unquiet Woods, villagers rallied together to save the oak and rhododendron forests near their villages. When government forest contractors came to cut down the trees, villagers, including large number of women, stepped forward to hug the trees to prevent their being felled.…” “…However, all of them assert a Dalit identity though the meaning may not be identical or precise for everyone. Notwithstanding differences in the nature of Dalit movements and the meaning of identity, there has been a common quest for equality, self-dignity and eradication of untouchability (Shah 2001:194). This can be seen in the Satnami Movement of the Chamars in the Chattisgarh plains in eastern MP, Adi Dharma Movement in Punjab, the Mahar Movement in Maharashtra, the socio-political mobilisation among the Jatavas of Agra and the Anti-Brahman Movement in south India.…” “…We take Jharkhand as an example of a tribal movement with a history that goes back a hundred years.…” |