Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Social Movements

Question:

Reorganization of Indian states along linguistic lines post independence is an example of ____________.

Options:

Revolutionary social movement

Reformist social movement

Redemptive social movement

New social movement

Correct Answer:

Reformist social movement

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Reformist social movement

Reformist social movements strive to change the existing social and political arrangements through gradual, incremental steps. The 1960s movement for the reorganisation of Indian states on the basis of language and the recent Right to Information campaign are examples of reformist movements.