Rise of Popular Movements Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answers
Question 1.
Dalit Panthers, a militant organisation was formed in which state?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Bihar
Answer
Answer: (b) Maharashtra
Question 2.
Which popular movement led to the empowerment of women?
(a) Chipko Movement
(b) Anti-Arrack Movement
(c) Narmada Movement
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) Anti-Arrack Movement
Question 3.
In the early 1990s, the BKU pressurised the state to accept its
(a) political demands
(b) social demands
(c) cultural demands
(d) economic demands
Answer
Answer: (d) economic demands
Question 4.
Dalit Panthers is a:
(a) Social Organisation
(b) Student federation
(c) Dalit Militant Organisaiton
(d) Pressure Group
Answer
Answer: (a) Social Organisation
Question 5.
Anti-Arrack Movement demanded the ban on the
(a) falling of trees
(b) practice of untouchability
(c) sale of alcohol
(d) construction of dam
Answer
Answer: (c) sale of alcohol
Question 6.
On what issue the villagers related to the Chipko movement protested?
(a) Deforestation and commercial logging
(b) Construction of big dams
(c) Untouchability
(d) Exploitation of Adivasis
Answer
Answer: (a) Deforestation and commercial logging
Question 7.
What was the main demand of the Chipko Movement?
(a) To prevent child marriages
(b) To fight against discrimination
(c) To prevent trees from being cut and fell
(d) To discontinue child labour
Answer
Answer: (c) To prevent trees from being cut and fell
Question 8.
One of the most successful social movement of the eighties was
(a) farmer’s movement
(b) anti-arrack movement
(c) movement for the right to information
(d) fish worker’s movement
Answer
Answer: (a) farmer’s movement
Question 9.
Which of these statements are incorrect regarding The Chipko Movement.
(a) Was an environmental movement to prevent cutting down of trees
(b) Raised questions of ecological and economic exploitation
(c) Was a movement against alcoholism started by the women
(d) Demanded that local communities should have control over their natural resources
Answer
Answer: (c) Was a movement against alcoholism started by the women
Question 10.
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan started in 1990 in
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra
Answer
Answer: (a) Rajasthan
Question 11.
Chipko Movement started in which of the following states?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Punjab
Answer
Answer: (c) Uttarakhand
Question 12.
The non-political organization ‘Bharatiya Kisan Union’ was formed by
(a) Brinda Karat
(b) George Fernandes
(c) Mahendra Singh Tikait
(d) Sanal Edamaruku
Answer
Answer: (c) Mahendra Singh Tikait
