Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Crisis of democratic Order

Question:

'Sampoorna Kranti' (Total Revolution) was the slogan of which movement and led by which leader?

Options:

Gujarat Students Movement 1974, Morarji Desai

Bihar Students Movement 1974, Jayaprakash Narayan

Quit India Movement 1942, Mahatma Gandhi

The Naxalite Movement 1967, Charu Majumdar

Correct Answer:

Bihar Students Movement 1974, Jayaprakash Narayan

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Bihar Students Movement 1974, Jayaprakash Narayan

In March 1974 students came together in Bihar to protest against rising prices, food scarcity, unemployment and corruption. After a point they invited Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), who had given up active politics and was involved in social work, to lead the student movement. He accepted it on the condition that the movement will remain non-violent and will not limit itself to Bihar. Thus the students’ movement assumed a political character and had national appeal. People from all walks of life now entered the movement. Jayaprakash Narayan demanded the dismissal of the Congress government in Bihar and gave a call for total revolution in the social, economic and political spheres in order to establish what he considered to be true democracy. A series of bandhs, gehraos, and strikes were organised in protest against the Bihar government. The government, however, refused to resign.