Match List - I with List - II. Classify the social movements in categories:
| LIST-I (Categories) | LIST-II (Movements) | ||
| (A) | Dalit movement | (I) | Railway Strike, 1974 |
| (B) | Peasant Movement | (II) | Chipko Movement |
| (C) | Ecological Movement | (III) | Satnami Movement |
| (D) | Worker's Movement | (IV) | Tebhaga movement |
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) Dalit movement — this matches (III) Satnami Movement. The Satnami Movement of the Chamars in the Chhattisgarh plains is one of the Dalit movements.
(B) Peasant Movement — this matches (IV) Tebhaga movement. It was a struggle of sharecroppers in Bengal for two-thirds of their produce instead of the customary half.
(C) Ecological Movement — this matches (II) Chipko Movement.
(D) Worker’s Movement — this matches (I) Railway Strike, 1974. In 1974 there was a major railway workers’ strike.
NCERT (2025-26): “8.5 Class Based Movements 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.…” “…In 1966–67, the economy suffered a major recession which led to a decrease in production and consequently employment. There was a general unrest. In 1974 there was a major railway workers’ strike.…” “The Dalit Movement … Notwithstanding differences in the nature of Dalit movements and the meaning of identity, there has been a common quest for equality, self-dignity and eradication of untouchability (Shah 2001:194). 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.…” “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.…” |