Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | The Naxalite movement | (I) | a militant organisation |
| (B) | Shetkari Sanghatana | (II) | Pilgrims of darkness |
| (C) | Namdeo Dhasal | (III) | Guerrilla warfare |
| (D) | Dalit Panthers | (IV) | Maharashtra |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(A) The Naxalite movement — this matches (III) Guerrilla warfare. The CPI (Marxist-Leninist), formed under Charu Majumdar, decided to adopt a strategy of protracted guerrilla warfare to lead to a revolution.
(B) Shetkari Sanghatana — this matches (IV) Maharashtra. This farmers’ organisation of Maharashtra called the farmers’ movement a war of Bharat against India.
(C) Namdeo Dhasal — this matches (II) Pilgrims of darkness. The Marathi poet wrote “Now, now we must refuse to be pilgrims of darkness”; the pilgrims are the Dalit communities.
(D) Dalit Panthers — this matches (I) a militant organisation. It was a militant organisation of the Dalit youth, formed in Maharashtra in 1972.
Note 1: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Rise of Popular Movements’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
Note 2: Item (A) is from the section ‘Naxalite Movement’ of the chapter ‘The Crisis of Democratic Order’, which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT; this portion has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27), though the chapter is still there.
Note 3: One item of List-I fits two entries of List-II:
(D) Dalit Panthers → both (I) and (IV). It was a militant organisation of the Dalit youth, formed in Maharashtra in 1972.
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 7: Rise of Popular Movements
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “Growth … Similar demands were made by other farmers’ organisations in the country. Shetkari Sanghatana of Maharashtra declared the farmers’ movement as a war of Bharat (symbolising rural, agrarian sector) against forces of India (urban industrial sector).… Origins … By the early nineteen seventies, the first generation Dalit graduates, especially those living in city slums began to assert themselves from various platforms. Dalit Panthers, a militant organisation of the Dalit youth, was formed in Maharashtra in 1972 as a part of these assertions.…” NCERT (Pre-rationalised): Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 6: The Crisis of Democratic Order
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