What is the main objective of a social movement?
(a) To create imbalance in the society
(b) Bringing change in the society
(c) Escalation of conflict
(d) Increasing inequality
What was the main objective of the Chipko movement?
(a) Tree plantation
(b) Protection of forests
(c) Pollution control
(d) Women's rights
Which means did Mahatma Gandhi adopt in the freedom movement?
(a) Violence
(b) Satyagraha and non-violence
(c) Armed conflict
(d) Referendum
What is the main objective of Dalit movement?
(a) To attain power
(b) To eliminate caste inequality
(c) Economic reforms
(d) Political reforms
What is the aim of the reformist movement?
(a) Complete change in the society
(b) Changes in the economy
(c) Change in power
(d) Bringing gradual improvement
What type of movement is the Naxalite movement in India?
(a) Reformist
(b) Revolutionary
(c) Institutional
(d) Redeeming
What are social movements according to Emile Durkheim?
(a) Disorder mongers
(b) Those who resolve social imbalances
(c) Political reformer
(d) Anti-cultural
Which movement was Birsa Munda associated with?
(a) Telangana movement
(b) Jharkhand movement
(c) Champaran Movement
(d) Farmers' Movement
Who called the 'crowd' a part of the 'moral economy'?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Emile Durkheim
(c) E.P. Thomson
(d) Max Weber
What is the process of social change like?
(a) Immediately
(b) natural and slow
(c) Organised
(d) Unstable
Who opposed the practice of Sati in the 19th century?
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Bhagat Singh
What is the objective of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' scheme?
(a) Women empowerment
(b) Improvement in education
(c) Gender equality
(d) All of the above
What is the main objective of the farmers movement?
(a) Return of land
(b) Agricultural reform
(c) Political rights
(d) Increase in wages
When was the first trade union established in India?
(a) 1918
(b) 1920
(c) 1947
(d) 1936
What is the main focus of the modern farmers movement?
(a) On women's issues
(b) On economic conditions and rights
(c) On caste conflict
(d) on cultural issues
When did the second phase of women's movement begin?
(a) 1947
(b) 1960
(c) 1970
(d) 1980
Who led the Neo-Buddhist movement?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Raja Rammohan Roy
(d) Pandit Nehru
What did the British rulers consider the revolt of 1857?
(a) Freedom struggle
(b) Soldiers' revolt
(c) Mutiny
(d) Revolution
What was Champaran Satyagraha related to?
(a) Workers’ rights
(b) Farmers' Movement
(c) Dalit movement
(d) Industrial Movement
What is an example of ecological movement in India?
(a) Chipko movement
(b) Naxalite movement
(c) Labour movement
(d) Dalit movement
What is the nature of Right to Information (RTI) movement in India?
(a) Revolutionary
(b) Reformist
(c) Redeeming
(d) Institutional
What is the difference between new and old social movements?
(a) New movements are focused on power
(b) The older movements focused on the standard of living
(c) The new movements focus on standards of living
(d) Both are same
What is the meaning of the word 'Dalit'?
(a) Rich
(b) Poor
(c) Exploited and oppressed
(d) Revolutionary
When did Mahatma Gandhi start the first labor union?
(a) 1917
(b) 1918
(c) 1920
(d) 1921
When did Jharkhand state form?
(a) 1999
(b) 2000
(c) 2001
(d) 2002
