Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Social Movements

Question:

Revolutionary Social Movements attempt to :

Options:

Radically transform social relations

Not to capture state power

Bring change through incremental steps

Not to change the existing structure

Correct Answer:

Radically transform social relations

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) - Radically transform social relations.

Revolutionary social movements attempt to radically transform social relations, often by capturing state power. The Bolshevik revolution in Russia that deposed the Tsar to create a communist state and the Naxalite movement in India that seeks to remove oppressive landlords and state officials can be described as revolutionary movements.