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What are Redemptive or Transformatory social movements? Give one example.
Concept: Types of Social Movements
What is meant by Reformist social movements? Give one example.
Concept: Types of Social Movements
Are ecological movements new or old social movements? Explain the above using the Chipko Movement as an example.
Concept: Ecological Movements
Assertion (A): Social movements are directed towards some broad goals.
Reason (R): It involves long and continuous social effort and action by people.
Concept: Features of a Social Movement
______ social movements strive to change the existing social and political arrangements through gradual incremental steps.
Concept: Types of Social Movements
Social movements also develop distinct modes of protest. Write the names of any two distinct modes of protest.
Concept: Features of a Social Movement
At the time of Independence we had two most classical cases of peasant movements. Write the names of the two peasant movements.
Concept: Class Based Movements
In which ways Advises struggles are different from Dalit struggle?
Concept: Caste Based Movements
| “Niyamgiri Hills is home to Dongria Kondh, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, who had unanimously voted against a project by state government-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Sterlite Industries which wanted to mine bauxite. The villages‟ decision followed a landmark Supreme Court verdict on April 18, 2013, that vindicated the decade-long movement. The court said forest clearance for the mining project, which had been withdrawn by the Environment Ministry in 2010, could be given only after taking the consent of the gram sabhas, or village councils, in the region in tandem with the Forest Right Act (FRA).” |
Based on the given passage, answer the following questions.
- What is a social movement?
- Based on your reading of the passage, identify the issues that the social movement addresses.
- Would you classify this social movement as old or new? Give reasons for your answer.
Concept: Features of a Social Movement
Which of the following is not a feature of social movements?
Concept: Features of a Social Movement
In what ways have social movements shaped the world we live and continue to do so?
Concept: Introduction to Social Movements
