Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

Question:

Even after independence, the condition of adivasis has not improved because of:

A. Government monopoly over forests
B. Capital Intensive Industrialisation
C. Formation of new states with high tribal population
D. Subjugating Adivasis and alienating the resources

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A, C, D only

C, B, D only

A, B, C only

A, B, D only

Correct Answer:

A, B, D only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → A, B, D only.

The Independence of India in 1947 should have made life easier for adivasis but this was not the case. Firstly, the government monopoly over forests continued (A). If anything, the exploitation of forests accelerated. Secondly, the policy of capital-intensive industrialisation adopted by the Indian government (B) required mineral resources and power-generation capacities which were concentrated in Adivasi areas. Adivasi lands were rapidly acquired for new mining and dam projects. In the process, millions of adivasis were displaced without any appropriate compensation or rehabilitation. Justified in the name of ‘national development’ and ‘economic growth’, these policies were also a form of internal colonialism, subjugating adivasis and alienating the resources upon which they depended (D). Projects such as the Sardar Sarovar dam on the river Narmada in western India and the Polavaram dam on the river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh displace hundreds of thousands of adivasis, driving them to greater destitution. These processes continue to prevail and have become even more powerful since the 1990s when economic liberalisation policies were officially adopted by the Indian government. It is now easier for corporate firms to acquire large areas of land by displacing adivasis.

C. Formation of new states with high tribal population: Like Jharkhand and Chattisgarh are the result of Adivasi Movements which has resulted in improvement of their conditions.