Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Social Movements

Question:

Dikus of Bihar are-

Options:

Migrant traders and money lenders

Cultivators

Religious group

Fishermen

Correct Answer:

Migrant traders and money lenders

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Migrant traders and money lenders

Within south Bihar, adivasis shared a common hatred of dikus – migrant traders and money-lenders who had settled in the area and grabbed its wealth, impoverishing the original residents. Most of the benefits from the mining and industrial projects in this mineral-rich region had gone to dikus even as adivasi lands had been alienated.