Question 1.
Which of these statements are incorrect?
The Chipko Movement:
(a) was an environmental movement to prevent the cutting down of trees.
(b) raised questions of ecological and economic exploitations.
(c) was a movement against alcoholism started by women.
(d) demanded that local communities should have control over their natural resources.

Answer

Answer: (c) was a movement against alcoholism started by women.

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Question 2.
In which year All India Kisan Sabha was established?
(a) 1930
(b) 1936
(c) 1940
(d) 1950

Answer

Answer: (b) 1936

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Question 3.
Who led the Narmada Bachao Andolan?
(a) Medha Patkar
(b) Rajni Sharma
(c) Shabana Azmi
(d) Meira Kumar

Answer

Answer: (a) Medha Patkar

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Question 4.
Where Anti-Arrack Movement was started?
(a) Haryana
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Punjab
(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer

Answer: (b) Andhra Pradesh

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Question 5.
Some of the statements below are incorrect. Identify the incorrect statements and rewrite those with necessary corrections.
(a) Social movements are hampering the functioning of India’s democracy.
(b) The main strength of social movements lies in their mass base across social sections.
(c) Social movements in India emerged because there were many issues that political parties did not address.

Answer

Answer: (a) Social movements are not hampering the functioning of India’s democracy.
(b) The main strength of social movements lies in their mass base across social sections.
(c) There were many issues that emerged in India because political parties did not address the social movements.

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Question 6.
What is Narmada Bachao Aandolan?

Answer

Answer: Narmada Bachao Andolan is a movement to save River Narmada.

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Question 7.
Who led the Narmada Bachao Aandolan?

Answer

Answer: Medha Patkar led the Narmada Bachao Andolan.

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Question 8.
Where Anti-Arrack Movement was started?

Answer

Answer: Anti-Arrack Movement was started in Andhra Pradesh.

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Question 9.
Where did Chipko Movement begin?

Answer

Answer: Chipko Movement began in two or three villages of Uttarakhand.

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Question 10.
Mention one feature of the Chipko Movement.

Answer

Answer: Women’s active participation in the Chipko agitation was a novel feature of the Chipko Movement.

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Question 11.
Where and when Dalit Panthers was formed?

Answer

Answer: Dalit Panthers was formed in Maharashtra in 1972.

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Question 12.
What was the main demand of Dalit Panthers?

Answer

Answer: Effective implementation of reservation policy and social justice was the main demand of Dalit Panthers.

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Question 13.
What was the method of action of Dalit Panthers?

Answer

Answer: Dalit Panthers resorted to mass action for the assertion of Ekilit rights.

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Question 14.
To which state Shetkari Sanghathan belongs?

Answer

Answer: Shetkari Sanghathan belongs to Maharashtra.

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