Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Crisis of democratic Order

Question:

To which place does the Naxalite movement owe its origin?

Options:

Naxalbari police station area of Darjeeling hills.

Naxalbari police station area of Jharkhand.

Naxalbari railway station area of Darjeeling hills.

Naxalbari police station area of Chhatisgarh.

Correct Answer:

Naxalbari police station area of Darjeeling hills.

Explanation:

In 1967 a peasant uprising took place in the Naxalbari police station area of Darjeeling hills district in West Bengal under the leadership of the local cadres of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Beginning from the Naxalbari police station, the peasant movement spread to several states of India and came to be referred to broadly as the Naxalite movement.