Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Social Movements

Question:

Civil Rights Movement in USA in 1950s and 1960s was related to which of the following?

Options:

End of colonial rule in Asia and Africa

Equal rights for Blacks

Anti Apartheid Struggle

Both 1 nor 2

Correct Answer:

Equal rights for Blacks

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2: Equal rights for Blacks

NCERT: The socialist movements world over, the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s that fought for equal rights for Blacks, the anti apartheid struggle in South Africa have all changed the world in fundamental ways.

Options 1 and 3 refer to other global movements:

  • End of colonial rule in Asia and Africa relates to decolonisation after World War II.

  • Anti-Apartheid struggle refers to the movement against racial segregation in South Africa.