SociologySocial Change and Development in India: Social Movements

Many tribal movements of middle India arose in Chota Nagpur and the S…

Many tribal movements of middle India arose in Chota Nagpur and the Santhal Parganas. Identify the state of which this region forms the main part, and the state it was carved out of.

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → Jharkhand; Bihar

Option (1) Chhattisgarh; Madhya Pradesh — Incorrect. Chhattisgarh is a different new state, formed out of Madhya Pradesh. The Chota Nagpur and Santhal Parganas region is the main part of Jharkhand.

Option (2) Jharkhand; Bihar — Correct. Chota Nagpur and the Santhal Parganas form the main part of Jharkhand. Jharkhand was carved out of south Bihar in 2000, after more than a century of resistance.

Option (3) Jharkhand; Madhya Pradesh — Incorrect. Jharkhand is the right state. But it was carved out of south Bihar; Madhya Pradesh is the state Chhattisgarh came from.

Option (4) Chhattisgarh; Bihar — Incorrect. Bihar is the right parent state. But the new state carved out of south Bihar is Jharkhand; Chhattisgarh came from Madhya Pradesh.

NCERT (2026-27): “8.7 The Tribal Movements
Different tribal groups spread across the country may share common issues. But the distinctions between them are equally significant. Many of the tribal movements have been largely located in the so called ‘tribal belt’ in middle India, such as the Santhals, Hos, Oraons, Mundas in Chota Nagpur and the Santhal Parganas. The region constitutes the main part of what has come to be called Jharkhand.”

“Jharkhand is one of the newly formed states of India, carved out of south Bihar in the year 2000. Behind the formation of this state lies more than a century of resistance. …”