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Question 1:

C. Wrights Mills is a well known

  • (1) French Sociologist
  • (2) German Sociologist
  • (3) American Sociologist
  • (4) British Sociologist

Question 2:

The concept of 'Failure of entitlement' has been given by:

  • (1) Thomas Robert Mathew
  • (2) Amartya Sen
  • (3) Emile Durkheim
  • (4) Abhijeet Banerjee

Question 3:

The most infamous pandemic was "Spanish Flu" which affected large parts of world occurred in:

  • (1) 1947
  • (2) 1918
  • (3) 2020
  • (4) 1957

Question 4:

A systematic study of population is called:

  • (1) Polygraphy
  • (2) Sesiography
  • (3) Oceanography
  • (4) Demography

Question 5:

The National Family Planning Programme was renamed as the National Family Welfare Programme after:

  • (1) The Emergency
  • (2) The Bangladesh War of 1971
  • (3) The New Economic Policy
  • (4) The Third Five Year Plan

Question 6:

Match List - I with List - II.

            List - I                                         List - II

  • (A) Population Momentum   (I) Voluntary action to reduce population growth
  • (B) Demographic Dividend   (II) Large cohort of women at reproduction age
  • (C) Population Pyramid       (III) Group data in terms of gender and age
  • (D) Preventive Check          (IV) Higher proportion of workers compared to non-workers
     
  • (1) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
  • (2) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
  • (3) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
  • (4) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

Question 7:

Out of the following, which custom is practiced in Khasi society?

  • (A) passing of property from mother to daughter.
  • (B) transfer of control of property from maternal uncle to nephew.
  • (C) making out a will.
  • (D) brother controlling his sister’s property.
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • (1) (B), (C) and (D) Only
  • (2) (A), (C) and (B) Only
  • (3) (A), (B) and (D) Only
  • (4) (A), (D) and (C) Only

Question 8:

Match List - I with List - II.

       List - I                                   List - II

 

  • (A) Wealth of Nation                    (I) Max Weber
  • (B) Capitalism                             (II) Alfred Gell
  • (C) Status symbol                      (III) Adam Smith
  • (D) Hierarchical social groups   (IV) Karl Marx
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • (1) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
  • (2) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
  • (3) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
  • (4) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

Question 9:

The weekly market, though a very old institution, its character has changed over time. Select the changes that have occurred from the following options - especially during the colonial period.

  • (A) Tribals lost their land to outsiders.
  • (B) The tribal areas were opened up with roads.
  • (C) Tribals still practiced barter system.
  • (D) Rich forests and other resources are now available.
  • (E) Tribals have been introduced to money.
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • (1) (A), (B) and (C) Only
  • (2) (A), (B) and (D) Only
  • (3) (A), (B), (D) and (E) Only
  • (4) (B), (D) and (E) Only

Question 10:

A person from a well-off family after completing MBA from a foreign university gets a well paid job through an influential relative. What kind of capital does the person have?

  • (A) Physical Capital
  • (B) Social Capital
  • (C) Administrative Capital
  • (D) Cultural Capital
  • (E) Economic Capital
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • (1) (B), (D) and (E) Only
  • (2) (B), (C) and (D) Only
  • (3) (B), (C) and (E) Only
  • (4) (A), (B) and (E) Only

Question 11:

Match List - I with List - II.

           List - I                                                               List - II

 

  • (A) Kaka Kalekar Commission                                  (I) 1990
  • (B) Brahmo Samaj                                                    (II) 1828
  • (C) Karachi Session of Indian National Congress    (III) 1953
  • (D) B.P. Mandal Commission                                   (IV) 1931
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • (1) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
  • (2) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
  • (3) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
  • (4) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

Question 12:

Social Stratification is:

  • (1) Hierarchical
  • (2) Non-hierarchical
  • (3) Non-generational
  • (4) Not supported by pattern of belief

Question 13:

In Bengal the campaign to abolish Sati was led by:

  • (1) M.G. Ranade
  • (2) Raja Rammohan Roy
  • (3) Jotirao Govindrao Phule
  • (4) Periyar

Question 14:

Arrange the following statements in correct sequence of events:

  • (A) Effort to reorganize into ethno-linguistic states.
  • (B) Indian State continued with British-Indian arrangement of presidencies.
  • (C) Vigorous movements among Maratha and Kannada speakers in Bombay and Madras presidencies.
  • (D) Pakistan was divided between Urdu and Punjabi speakers in the West and Bengali speakers in the East.
  • (E) Formation of SRC for final approval on linguistic states.
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • (1) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
  • (2) (B), (A), (C), (D), (E)
  • (3) (B), (C), (A), (E), (D)
  • (4) (A), (B), (D), (E), (C)

Question 15:

Policies that insist the public culture be restricted to a common national pattern while all non-national culture are to be relegated to the private sphere.

  • (1) Non-assimilationist
  • (2) Integrationist
  • (3) Assimilationist
  • (4) Disintegrationist

Question 16:

The criteria for inclusion in civil society is that the organisation should be:

  • (1) State controlled
  • (2) Non state controlled
  • (3) Commercial
  • (4) Profit making

Question 17:

State-Nation as opposed to Nation State means:

  • (1) Socially and culturally diverse countries being together.
  • (2) All states collectively rule the nation.
  • (3) The centre rules over the states.
  • (4) All languages, ethnicities, religions and individual entities can co-exist peacefully and cooperatively in a single state.

Question 18:

Which Article of the Constitution of India states the following:

\textit{"No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or received out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them."

  • (1) Article 29(1)
  • (2) Article 29(2)
  • (3) Article 30(1)
  • (4) Article 30(2)

Question 19:

The following poem belongs to which poet?


"Moko Kahan Dhundhe re Bande,

Mein to Tere Paas Mein,

Na teerath Mein, Na Moorat Mein,

Na Ekant Niwas Mein,

Na Mandir Mein, Na Maajid Mein,

Na Kabe Kailash Mein,

Mein To Tere Paas Main Bande,

Mein To Tere Paas Mein...."

  • (1) Rahim Das
  • (2) Ravi Das
  • (3) Kabir Das
  • (4) Kali Das

Question 20:

Who considered exclusive nationalism to be an evil?

  • (1) Rabindranath Tagore
  • (2) B.R. Ambedkar
  • (3) J. Nehru
  • (4) Bhagat Singh

Question 21:

Which of the following statement is incorrect with regard to westernisation?

  • (1) The changes brought about in Indian society and culture as a result of long British rule.
  • (2) It includes the changes in technology, institutions, ideology and values.
  • (3) It includes the imitation of external forms of culture.
  • (4) It necessarily means that people adopt modern values of democracy and equality.

Question 22:

Match List - I with List - II. Match the concept with their explanation.

              List - I                                    List - II

 

  • (A) Zamindari system                         (I) Benami Transfer
  • (B) Rajywtari system                          (II) Radical restructuring of agrarian structure in Kerala and Bengal
  • (C) Tenancy abolition and regulation (III) Less burden of taxation; more prosperous
  • (D) Land ceiling                                 (IV) Agricultural production stagnated/declined
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below
  • (1) (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)
  • (2) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
  • (3) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
  • (4) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

Question 23:

‘Anjuman-E-Khawatn-E-Islam’ refers to:

  • (1) The leading journal for women in Punjab.
  • (2) The All-India Muslim League Conference.
  • (3) The All-India Muslim Ladies Conference.
  • (4) The All-India Muslim Scholars Conference.

Question 24:

Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding British capitalist colonialism in India:

  • (1) It strengthened and expanded British capitalism.
  • (2) It changed the very laws of the land.
  • (3) They did not interfere with the economic base.
  • (4) It meddled with the manufacturing sector.

Question 25:

Which of the below mentioned idea is not part of the Preamble of Indian Constitution?

  • (1) Justice
  • (2) Communist
  • (3) Liberty
  • (4) Equality

Question 26:

Strike out the incorrect statement about Panchayati Raj:

  • (1) Panchayat Raj translates to 'Governance by five individuals'
  • (2) At the base of the structure stands 'Gram Sabha'
  • (3) The 74th Amendment provided a three-tier system of Panchayati Raj
  • (4) Elections to these bodies are conducted every five years

Question 27:

Arrange the following terms in the same sequence as written in the Preamble of the Constitution of India:

  • (A) Socialist
  • (C) Republic
  • (D) Sovereign
  • (E) Secular
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below
  • (1) (A), (D), (C), (E), (B)
  • (2) (D), (B), (A), (E), (C)
  • (3) (D), (A), (E), (B), (C)
  • (4) (D), (E), (C), (B), (A)

Question 28:

Read the statements given below and choose the option with the correct sequence of events:

  • (A) Green Revolution introduced in the dry and semi-arid regions of India in 2nd phase.
  • (B) New technology introduced.
  • (C) Displacement of service caste groups.
  • (D) Increasing commercialization.
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below
  • (1) (A), (B), (C), (D)
  • (2) (B), (C), (A), (D)
  • (3) (D), (C), (A), (B)
  • (4) (B), (C), (D), (A)

Question 29:

Seasonal migrant workers have been termed as:

  • (1) Begar
  • (2) Peasants
  • (3) Footloose labourers
  • (4) Farmers

Question 30:

Extended working hours are legitimized by the common management, which in theory, gives the employee freedom to choose his/her working hours. Give the common nomenclature of this process.

  • (1) Own-time
  • (2) Flexi-time
  • (3) Me-time
  • (4) Work-from-home-time

Question 31:

Disinvestment means:

  • (1) Acquiring small and medium industries
  • (2) Opening the market for global citizens
  • (3) Savings in the bank
  • (4) Privatisation of public sector or Government companies

Question 32:

Arrange the following process in chronological order:

  • (A) Manufacture branding and selling
  • (B) Workers rolling the leaves
  • (C) Plucking of Tendu leaves
  • (D) Selling Tendu leaves by contractor to Government
  • (E) Auctioning leaves to factory owner
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below
  • (1) (C), (D), (A), (E), (B)
  • (2) (B), (C), (A), (D), (E)
  • (3) (D), (C), (A), (E), (B)
  • (4) (C), (D), (E), (A), (B)

Question 33:

Read the statement given below and choose the option with the correct sequence of events:

  • (A) Mill land being sold to real estate dealers to build luxury apartments
  • (B) Workers went back to work as they needed money
  • (C) Bombay Textile strike of 1982
  • (D) Government refused to entertain their demands
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below
  • (1) (A), (B), (C), (D)
  • (2) (B), (A), (C), (D)
  • (3) (D), (C), (B), (A)
  • (4) (C), (D), (B), (A)

Question 34:

Badli workers are:

  • (A) Workers who substitute for regular permanent workers.
  • (B) Contract workers.
  • (C) Permanent workers.
  • (D) Workers who receive equal status and security like permanent workers.
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • (1) (C), (D) Only
  • (2) (A), (B) Only
  • (3) (A), (D) Only
  • (4) (B), (D) Only

Question 35:

The government tried to meet, through its licensing policy, one important goal. Identify this goal.

  • (1) To ensure there was no concentration of wealth in the hands of a few
  • (2) To ensure that the Planning Commission directives were followed
  • (3) To ensure that industries were spread over different regions
  • (4) To ensure a steady source of income for the government officials

Question 36:

Match List - I with List - II. Match the nature of work listed in column I with the industry in column II:

         List - I                               List - II

 

  • (A) Working Conditions  (I) Bid making, Zari making
  • (B) Recruitment             (II) The Mines Act 1952
  • (C) Management           (III) Jobbers
  • (D) Home based work   (IV) Taylorism
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • (1) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
  • (2) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
  • (3) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
  • (4) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

Question 37:

Which among the following is not an example of new social media?

  • (1) Facebook
  • (2) Instagram
  • (3) Blogs
  • (4) Radio

Question 38:

Television programming was introduced experimentally in India.

  • (1) To promote women development
  • (2) To promote health programme
  • (3) To promote urban development
  • (4) To promise rural development

Question 39:

Who has argued nation as an 'imagined community'?

  • (1) Raja Rammohan Roy
  • (2) Benedict Anderson
  • (3) Johann Gutenberg
  • (4) Fardoongi Murzban

Question 40:

Out of the following, which ones can be categorized as International Non-Government organisations?

  • (A) The Red Cross
  • (B) The European Union
  • (C) Medecins Sans Frontieres
  • (D) South Asian Regional Conference
  • (E) Association of South East Asian Nations
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • (1) (A) and (D) Only
  • (2) (B), (D), (E) Only
  • (3) (A) and (C) Only
  • (4) (B) and (E) Only

Question 41:

Read the paragraph below and answer the following question.


The famous isolation versus integration debate of the 1940s built upon this standard picture of tribal societies as isolated wholes. The isolationist side argued that tribals needed protection from traders, moneylenders and Hindu and Christian missionaries all of whom were intent on reducing tribals to detribalised landless labour. The integrationists, on the other hand, argued that tribals were merely backward Hindus, and their problems had to be addressed within the same framework as that of backward classes. This opposition dominated the Constituent Assembly debates, which were finally settled along the lines of a compromise which advocated welfare schemes that would enable controlled integration. The subsequent schemes for tribal development - five year plans, tribal sub-plans, tribal welfare blocks, special multipurpose area schemes all continue with this mode of thinking. But the basic issue here is that the integration of tribes has neglected their own needs or desires; integration has been on the terms of the mainstream society and for its own benefit. The tribal societies have had their lands, forests taken away and their communities shattered in the name of development.


In terms of the biggest tribal groups in India, choose the incorrect option from the following.

  • (1) Gonds
  • (2) Bodos
  • (3) Andamanese Islanders
  • (4) Bhils

Question 42:

Read the paragraph below and answer the following question.


The famous isolation versus integration debate of the 1940s built upon this standard picture of tribal societies as isolated wholes. The isolationist side argued that tribals needed protection from traders, moneylenders and Hindu and Christian missionaries all of whom were intent on reducing tribals to detribalised landless labour. The integrationists, on the other hand, argued that tribals were merely backward Hindus, and their problems had to be addressed within the same framework as that of backward classes. This opposition dominated the Constituent Assembly debates, which were finally settled along the lines of a compromise which advocated welfare schemes that would enable controlled integration. The subsequent schemes for tribal development - five year plans, tribal sub-plans, tribal welfare blocks, special multipurpose area schemes all continue with this mode of thinking. But the basic issue here is that the integration of tribes has neglected their own needs or desires; integration has been on the terms of the mainstream society and for its own benefit. The tribal societies have had their lands, forests taken away and their communities shattered in the name of development.


Name the process of excluding tribals and reducing them to detribalised landless labour.

  • (1) Primordial process
  • (2) Isolation process
  • (3) Integration process
  • (4) Modernisation process

Question 43:

Read the paragraph below and answer the following question.


The famous isolation versus integration debate of the 1940s built upon this standard picture of tribal societies as isolated wholes. The isolationist side argued that tribals needed protection from traders, moneylenders and Hindu and Christian missionaries all of whom were intent on reducing tribals to detribalised landless labour. The integrationists, on the other hand, argued that tribals were merely backward Hindus, and their problems had to be addressed within the same framework as that of backward classes. This opposition dominated the Constituent Assembly debates, which were finally settled along the lines of a compromise which advocated welfare schemes that would enable controlled integration. The subsequent schemes for tribal development - five year plans, tribal sub-plans, tribal welfare blocks, special multipurpose area schemes all continue with this mode of thinking. But the basic issue here is that the integration of tribes has neglected their own needs or desires; integration has been on the terms of the mainstream society and for its own benefit. The tribal societies have had their lands, forests taken away and their communities shattered in the name of development.


The isolationists argued that tribals did not need protection from:

  • (1) Moneylenders
  • (2) Traders
  • (3) Missionaries
  • (4) Political parties

Question 44:

Read the paragraph below and answer the following question.


The famous isolation versus integration debate of the 1940s built upon this standard picture of tribal societies as isolated wholes. The isolationist side argued that tribals needed protection from traders, moneylenders and Hindu and Christian missionaries all of whom were intent on reducing tribals to detribalised landless labour. The integrationists, on the other hand, argued that tribals were merely backward Hindus, and their problems had to be addressed within the same framework as that of backward classes. This opposition dominated the Constituent Assembly debates, which were finally settled along the lines of a compromise which advocated welfare schemes that would enable controlled integration. The subsequent schemes for tribal development - five year plans, tribal sub-plans, tribal welfare blocks, special multipurpose area schemes all continue with this mode of thinking. But the basic issue here is that the integration of tribes has neglected their own needs or desires; integration has been on the terms of the mainstream society and for its own benefit. The tribal societies have had their lands, forests taken away and their communities shattered in the name of development.


Which of the following is not part of integration framework?

  • (1) Tribal sub-plans
  • (2) Tribal welfare blocks
  • (3) Meghalaya Succession Act
  • (4) Protection to religious minorities

Question 45:

Read the paragraph below and answer the following question.


The famous isolation versus integration debate of the 1940s built upon this standard picture of tribal societies as isolated wholes. The isolationist side argued that tribals needed protection from traders, moneylenders and Hindu and Christian missionaries all of whom were intent on reducing tribals to detribalised landless labour. The integrationists, on the other hand, argued that tribals were merely backward Hindus, and their problems had to be addressed within the same framework as that of backward classes. This opposition dominated the Constituent Assembly debates, which were finally settled along the lines of a compromise which advocated welfare schemes that would enable controlled integration. The subsequent schemes for tribal development - five year plans, tribal sub-plans, tribal welfare blocks, special multipurpose area schemes all continue with this mode of thinking. But the basic issue here is that the integration of tribes has neglected their own needs or desires; integration has been on the terms of the mainstream society and for its own benefit. The tribal societies have had their lands, forests taken away and their communities shattered in the name of development.


Identify positive impact of interactional process with mainstream society:

  • (1) Statehood of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
  • (2) Rise of middle class among tribes
  • (3) Development of factories and mines in tribal areas
  • (4) Change in family structure

Question 46:


Read the paragraph below and answer the following question.



CHIPKO MOVEMENT


The unusually heavy monsoon of 1970 precipitated the most devastating flood in living memory. In the Alaknanda valley, water inundated 100 square kilometers of land, washed away 6 metal bridges and 10 kilometers of motor roads, 24 buses and several other vehicles, 366 houses collapsed and 500 acres of standing paddy crops were destroyed. The loss of human and bovine life was considerable.


The 1970 floods mark a turning-point in the ecological history of the region. Villagers, who bore the brunt of the damage, were beginning to perceive the hitherto tenuous links between deforestation, landslides and floods. It was observed that some of the villages most affected by landslides lay directly below forests where forests felling operations had taken place.


The villagers’ cause was taken up by the Dashaulti Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS), a cooperative organisation based in Chamoli district.


Despite these early protests, the government went ahead with the yearly auction of forests in November. One of the plots scheduled to be assigned was the Reni forest.


The contractors’ men who were travelling to Reni from Joshimath spotted the bus shortly before Reni. Skirting the village, they made for the forest. A small girl who spied the workers with their implements rushed to Gaura Devi, the head of the village Mahila Mandal (Women’s Club). Gaura Devi quickly mobilised the other housewives and went to the forest. Pleading with the labourers not to start felling operations, the women initially met with abuse and threats. When the women refused to budge, the men were eventually forced to retire.

Identify the author of the book ‘Unquiet Woods’.

  • (1) Ramachandra Guha
  • (2) Gail Omvedt
  • (3) Dipanker Gupta
  • (4) M.N. Srinivas

Question 47:

The unusually heavy monsoon of 1970 precipitated the most devastating flood in living memory. In the Alaknanda valley, water inundated 100 square kilometers of land, washed away 6 metal bridges and 10 kilometers of motor roads, 24 buses and several other vehicles, 366 houses collapsed and 500 acres of standing paddy crops were destroyed. The loss of human and bovine life was considerable.

The 1970 floods mark a turning-point in the ecological history of the region. Villagers, who bore the brunt of the damage, were beginning to perceive the hitherto tenuous links between deforestation, landslides and floods. It was observed that some of the villages most affected by landslides lay directly below forests where forests felling operations had taken place.

The villagers’ cause was taken up by the Dashaulti Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS), a cooperative organisation based in Chamoli district.

Despite these early protests, the government went ahead with the yearly auction of forests in November. One of the plots scheduled to be assigned was the Reni forest.

The contractors’ men who were travelling to Reni from Joshimath spotted the bus shortly before Reni. Skirting the village, they made for the forest. A small girl who spied the workers with their implements rushed to Gaura Devi, the head of the village Mahila Mandal (Women’s Club). Gaura Devi quickly mobilised the other housewives and went to the forest. Pleading with the labourers not to start felling operations, the women initially met with abuse and threats. When the women refused to budge, the men were eventually forced to retire.


The forest provided the villagers subsistence. Identify the products on which the villagers relied upon.

  • (1) Firewood and fodder
  • (2) Fruits and fodder
  • (3) Fruits and vegetables
  • (4) Fruits, vegetables, and fodder

Question 48:


Read the paragraph below and answer the following question.


CHIPKO MOVEMENT


The unusually heavy monsoon of 1970 precipitated the most devastating flood in living memory. In the Alaknanda valley, water inundated 100 square kilometers of land, washed away 6 metal bridges and 10 kilometers of motor roads, 24 buses and several other vehicles, 366 houses collapsed and 500 acres of standing paddy crops were destroyed. The loss of human and bovine life was considerable.

The 1970 floods mark a turning-point in the ecological history of the region. Villagers, who bore the brunt of the damage, were beginning to perceive the hitherto tenuous links between deforestation, landslides and floods. It was observed that some of the villages most affected by landslides lay directly below forests where forests felling operations had taken place.

The villagers’ cause was taken up by the Dashaulti Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS), a cooperative organisation based in Chamoli district.

Despite these early protests, the government went ahead with the yearly auction of forests in November. One of the plots scheduled to be assigned was the Reni forest.

The contractors’ men who were travelling to Reni from Joshimath spotted the bus shortly before Reni. Skirting the village, they made for the forest. A small girl who spied the workers with their implements rushed to Gaura Devi, the head of the village Mahila Mandal (Women’s Club). Gaura Devi quickly mobilised the other housewives and went to the forest. Pleading with the labourers not to start felling operations, the women initially met with abuse and threats. When the women refused to budge, the men were eventually forced to retire.


The Chipko Movement was about ‘red’ issues. Identify what is meant by ‘red’ issues?

  • (1) Climate change issues
  • (2) Forest-preservation issues
  • (3) Water conservation issues
  • (4) Subsistence and livelihood issues

Question 49:


Read the paragraph below and answer the following question.


CHIPKO MOVEMENT


The unusually heavy monsoon of 1970 precipitated the most devastating flood in living memory. In the Alaknanda valley, water inundated 100 square kilometers of land, washed away 6 metal bridges and 10 kilometers of motor roads, 24 buses and several other vehicles, 366 houses collapsed and 500 acres of standing paddy crops were destroyed. The loss of human and bovine life was considerable.

The 1970 floods mark a turning-point in the ecological history of the region. Villagers, who bore the brunt of the damage, were beginning to perceive the hitherto tenuous links between deforestation, landslides and floods. It was observed that some of the villages most affected by landslides lay directly below forests where forests felling operations had taken place.

The villagers’ cause was taken up by the Dashaulti Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS), a cooperative organisation based in Chamoli district.

Despite these early protests, the government went ahead with the yearly auction of forests in November. One of the plots scheduled to be assigned was the Reni forest.

The contractors’ men who were travelling to Reni from Joshimath spotted the bus shortly before Reni. Skirting the village, they made for the forest. A small girl who spied the workers with their implements rushed to Gaura Devi, the head of the village Mahila Mandal (Women’s Club). Gaura Devi quickly mobilised the other housewives and went to the forest. Pleading with the labourers not to start felling operations, the women initially met with abuse and threats. When the women refused to budge, the men were eventually forced to retire.

“The Chipko Movement was about fighting social inequality and powerlessness”. Identify the main actors of this struggle:

  • (1) Local people vs panchayat
  • (2) Local people vs money lenders
  • (3) Local people vs forest contractors
  • (4) Local people vs government

Question 50:


Read the paragraph below and answer the following question.


CHIPKO MOVEMENT


The unusually heavy monsoon of 1970 precipitated the most devastating flood in living memory. In the Alaknanda valley, water inundated 100 square kilometers of land, washed away 6 metal bridges and 10 kilometers of motor roads, 24 buses and several other vehicles, 366 houses collapsed and 500 acres of standing paddy crops were destroyed. The loss of human and bovine life was considerable.

The 1970 floods mark a turning-point in the ecological history of the region. Villagers, who bore the brunt of the damage, were beginning to perceive the hitherto tenuous links between deforestation, landslides and floods. It was observed that some of the villages most affected by landslides lay directly below forests where forests felling operations had taken place.

The villagers’ cause was taken up by the Dashaulti Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS), a cooperative organisation based in Chamoli district.

Despite these early protests, the government went ahead with the yearly auction of forests in November. One of the plots scheduled to be assigned was the Reni forest.

The contractors’ men who were travelling to Reni from Joshimath spotted the bus shortly before Reni. Skirting the village, they made for the forest. A small girl who spied the workers with their implements rushed to Gaura Devi, the head of the village Mahila Mandal (Women’s Club). Gaura Devi quickly mobilised the other housewives and went to the forest. Pleading with the labourers not to start felling operations, the women initially met with abuse and threats. When the women refused to budge, the men were eventually forced to retire.

The Chipko Movement has also been identified as a Green issue. Identify the reason behind this.

  • (1) It sought to empower the powerless villagers
  • (2) It sought shelter from the villagers’ profits from selling timber
  • (3) It sought to highlight the villager’s respect for the forest as a form of wealth other than money
  • (4) It was supported by villagers and not urban dwellers


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