Regionalism in India is rooted in which of the following factors?
(A) Diversity of languages
(B) Diversity of cultures
(C) Diversity of castes
(D) Diversity of religions
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Diversity of languages Correct. Regionalism in India is rooted in India’s diversity of languages, encouraged by the concentration of each language in a particular region.
(B) Diversity of cultures Correct. Cultures are among the identity markers concentrated in particular regions that give rise to regional feeling.
(C) Diversity of castes Incorrect. The roots of regionalism are languages, cultures, tribes and religions; castes are not among them. Castes are found across every region, so they do not mark one region off from another.
(D) Diversity of religions Correct. Religions, when concentrated in particular regions, also feed regionalism, together with a sense of regional deprivation.
NCERT (2025-26): “6.2 Regionalism in the Indian Context … Regionalism in India is rooted in India’s diversity of languages, cultures, tribes, and religions. It is also encouraged by the geographical concentration of these identity markers in particular regions, and fuelled by a sense of regional deprivation. Indian federalism has been a means of accommodating these regional sentiments (Bhattacharyya 2005).…” |