Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Rise of Popular Movements

Question:

Match the following movements in List 1 correctly with the Leaders in List 2:

List I (Movements) List II (Leaders)
(i) Narmada Bachao Andolan (a) Mahendra Singh Tikait
(ii) Chipko Movement (b) Namdeo Dhasal
(iii) Bharatiya Kisan Union (c) Medha Patkar
(iv) Dalit Panthers (d) Sundar Lal Bahuguna

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

(i)–(c), (ii)–(a), (iii)–(d), (iv)–(b)

(i)–(d), (ii)–(c), (iii)–(a), (iv)–(b)

(i)–(c), (ii)–(d), (iii)–(b), (iv)–(a)

(i)–(c), (ii)–(d), (iii)–(a), (iv)–(b)

Correct Answer:

(i)–(c), (ii)–(d), (iii)–(a), (iv)–(b)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - (i)–(c), (ii)–(d), (iii)–(a), (iv)–(b)

The correct match is:

List I (Movements) List II (Leaders)
(i) Narmada Bachao Andolan (c) Medha Patkar
(ii) Chipko Movement (d) Sundar Lal Bahuguna
(iii) Bharatiya Kisan Union (a) Mahendra Singh Tikait
(iv) Dalit Panthers (b) Namdeo Dhasal

Explanation:

Narmada Bachao Andolan was a movement was to save Narmada and opposed the construction of large dams and questioned the very nature of development. It was led by Medha Patkar. Narmada Bachao Andolan started in Gujarat.

Sunderlal Bahuguna was an important leader of the Chipko movement. The Chipko Movement was an environmental movement to prevent cutting down of trees. It raised questions on ecological and economic exploitation. The movement demanded that local communities should have control over their natural resources. Women’s active participation in the Chipko agitation was a very novel aspect of the movement. 

Report of The Hindu, Feb 16, 2005:
MYSORE, FEB. 15. The Bharatiya Kisan Union has warned of socio-economic upheavals in the country if India does not bargain to keep agriculture out of the purview of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Addressing a press conference here today, the chief of the union, Mahendra Singh Tikait, and its national coordinating committee convener, M. Yudhveer Singh, warned of the impending dangers if India goes ahead and agrees to the stipulations of the WTO in the next round of meeting scheduled to be held in Hong Kong in November.

Golpitha (1972) is the first poetry collection of Namdeo Dhasal, one of the founders of the Dalit Panther organization and a powerful force in the Marathi literary world.