Consider the following statements about the Jharkhand movement:(A) Mo…

Consider the following statements about the Jharkhand movement:

(A) Most mining and industrial benefits in the region had gone to the middle-class adivasi leadership.
(B) Adivasi marginalisation and sense of injustice were mobilised to create a shared Jharkhandi identity.
(C) The movement's leaders boycotted the nationalisation of forest produce.
(D) The movement's leaders agitated for land acquisition for large irrigation projects and firing ranges.
(E) Adivasi lands had been alienated in the region.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → B, C and E only

(A) Most mining and industrial benefits in the region had gone to the middle-class adivasi leadership. — Incorrect. Most benefits of the mining and industrial projects went to the dikus, the migrant traders and moneylenders. The adivasis lost out, which fed their anger.

(B) Adivasi marginalisation and sense of injustice were mobilised to create a shared Jharkhandi identity. — Correct. Adivasi experiences of marginalisation and their sense of injustice were mobilised to build a shared Jharkhandi identity. This inspired the collective action that led to a separate state.

(C) The movement's leaders boycotted the nationalisation of forest produce. — Correct. The nationalisation of forest produce was one of the issues the leaders fought, and they boycotted it.

(D) The movement's leaders agitated for land acquisition for large irrigation projects and firing ranges. — Incorrect. The leaders agitated against the acquisition of land for large irrigation projects and firing ranges. The statement turns their opposition into a demand.

(E) Adivasi lands had been alienated in the region. — Correct. Adivasi lands had been alienated even as outsiders took the gains from mining and industry.

NCERT (2026-27): “Jharkhand …
Most of the benefits from the mining and industrial projects in this mineral-rich region had gone to dikus even as adivasi lands had been alienated. Adivasi experiences of marginalisation and their sense of injustice were mobilised to create a shared Jharkhandi identity and inspire collective action that eventually led to the formation of a separate state.”

“The issues against which the leaders of the movement in Jharkand agitated were:”

“acquisition of land for large irrigation projects and firing ranges; survey and settlement operations, which were held up, camps closed down, etc. collection of loans, rent and cooperative dues, which were resisted; nationalisation of forest produce which they boycotted”