Match List I with List II
| LIST-I | LIST-II | ||
| (A) | Ecological movement | (I) | Mahar movement |
| (B) | Agrarian based movement | (II) | Tebhaga movement |
| (C) | Caste based movement | (III) | Anti-arrack movement |
| (D) | Women's movement | (IV) | Chipko movement |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III
(A) Ecological movement — this matches (IV) Chipko movement. In the Himalayan foothills villagers, including many women, hugged the trees to stop government contractors from felling the forests they lived by.
(B) Agrarian based movement — this matches (II) Tebhaga movement. It was a struggle of sharecroppers in Bengal (1946-47) for two-thirds of their produce instead of the customary half.
(C) Caste based movement — this matches (I) Mahar movement. The Mahar Movement in Maharashtra is one of the Dalit movements with a common quest for equality, self-dignity and the eradication of untouchability.
(D) Women’s movement — this matches (III) Anti-arrack movement. It was a campaign in rural Andhra Pradesh against arrack, the cheap country liquor, taken up by village women whose homes suffered from the men’s drinking.
NCERT (2025-26): “8.4 Ecological Movements … According to Ramachandra Guha in his book, Unquiet Woods, villagers rallied together to save the oak and rhododendron forests near their villages. When government forest contractors came to cut down the trees, villagers, including large number of women, stepped forward to hug the trees to prevent their being felled.…” “Peasant Movements … At the time of Independence, we had the two most classical cases of peasant movements, namely the Tebhaga movement (1946–47) and the Telangana movement (1946–51). The first was a struggle of sharecroppers in Bengal in North Bihar for two thirds share of their produce instead of the customary half.…” “The Dalit Movement … This can be seen in the Satnami Movement of the Chamars in the Chattisgarh plains in eastern MP, Adi Dharma Movement in Punjab, the Mahar Movement in Maharashtra, the socio-political mobilisation among the Jatavas of Agra and the Anti-Brahman Movement in south India.…” |