New Social Movements Multiple Choice Questions
1. The term social movement was first by
a. Karl Marx
b. Joseph Mon Valin
c. Lorenz von Stein
d. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer:
c. Lorenz von Stein
2. The term social movement was first used in the year
a. 1848 AD
b. 1918 AD
c. 1625 AD
d. 1911 AD
Answer:
a. 1848 AD
3. Whom among the following is associated with Plachimada struggle
a. OK Vasu
b. M Gethanandan
c. CK Janu
d. Mayilamma
Answer:
d. Mayilamma
4. Plachimada is in….district
a. Palakkad
b. Wayanad
c. Kozhikkode
d. Thrissur
Answer:
a. Palakkad
5. The republican party of India is associated with
a. Kanshi Ram
b. Ambedkar
c. Jayaprakash Narayanan
d. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer:
b. Ambedkar
6. The bahujan samaj Party is associated with..
a. Kanshi Ram
b. Ambedkar
c. Jayaprakash Narayanan
d. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer:
a. Kanshi Ram
7. The book Hindswaraj is written by whom
a. Ambedkar
b. Nehru
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. MN Roy
Answer:
c. Mahatma Gandhi
8. The Arab spring started in which year
a. 2011
b. 2008
c. 2013
d. 2000
Answer:
a. 2011
9. The ‘Smart mob’ occurred in which among the following countries
a. America
b. Israel
c. Tunisia
d. UAE
Answer:
c. Tunisia
10. The Chaliyar struggle is connected with which among the following industries
a. Coco Cola
b. Grasim
c. Tata
d. KSEB
Answer:
b. Grasim
11. The Silent valley was declared as a national park in the year…
a. 1954
b. 1990
c. 1976
d. 1985
Answer:
d. 1985
12. The The Silent valley was declared as a national park by
a. Rajeev Gandhi
b. Indira gandhi
c. Jawaharlal Nehru
d. Morarji Desai
Answer:
b. Indira gandhi
13. Kunthipuzha is connected with the following struggle
a. Plachimada
b. Silent Valley
c. Chaliyar
d. Muthanga
Answer:
b. Silent Valley
14. Who among the following was associated with Gothra maha sabha
a. Mayilamma
b. OK Vasu
c. MVK Menon
d. CK Janu
Answer:
d. CK Janu
15. Muthanga is in the district of…?
a. Palakkad
b. Wayanad
c. Thrissur
d. Kozhikkode
Answer:
b. Wayanad
16. Identify the year in which Muthanga struggle happened
a. 2003
b. 2011
c. 2001
d. 2004
Answer:
a. 2003
17. The Muthanga struggle was associated with
a. Water pollution
b. Waste disposal
c. Land Problem
d. Freedom of pres
Answer:
c. Land Problem
18. The right to good environment is a part of article…..of Indian constitution
a. 21
b. 22
c. 14
d. 32
Answer:
a. 21
19. DS-4 is associated with
a. Enviornmental issues,
b. Land issues
c. OBC Issues
d. Gandhian issues
Answer:
c. OBC Issues
20. The person associated with DS-4 was
a. Ambedkar
b. Charan singh
c. Kanshi Ram
d. Gandhiji
Answer:
c. Kanshi Ram
21. In which year DS-4 became a political party
a. 1984
b. 2004
c. 1994
d. 1954
Answer:
a. 1984
22. BAMCEF was established in the yar
a. 1973,
b. 2004,
c. 1993
d. 2005
Answer:
a. 1973,
23. Verrier Elwin is associated with
a. Gandhian studies
b. Republican party
c. Tribal studies
d. Women Empowerment
Answer:
c. Tribal studies
24. The Social movements are part of
a. Public politics
b. Elite politics
c. Bureaucratic politics
d. None of the above
Answer:
a. Public politics
25. The concept of Social movements as part of public politics was developed by
a. Harold Laski
b. Karl Marx
c. Charles Tilly
d. Rousseau
Answer:
c. Charles Tilly
26. Which among the following is not a social movement
a. Enviornmental movements.
b. Gender movements
c. Human right movements
d. None of the above
Answer:
d. None of the above
27. Who are organic intellectuals
a. Ordinary people
b. Middle class leaders
c. Party leaders
d. Authorities
Answer:
b. Middle class leaders
28. Identify one of the items which is not a novel innovation of new social movements
a. Petitions
b. Street plays
c. ICT usage
d. Participatory research
Answer:
a. Petitions
29. Identify one of the major beliefs of new social movements from the given list
a. Concept of leadership
b. Party discipline
c. Horizontal structure
d. Ideology
Answer:
c. Horizontal structure
30. Who is the father of social movements in England
a. Lord Bute
b. King John
c. Thomas Hobbes
d. John Wilkes
Answer:
d. John Wilkes
31. The treaty of paris was related
a. Seven Years war
b. Glorious revolution
c. League of nations
d. UDHR
Answer:
a. Seven Years war
32. The treaty of Paris was signed in the year
a. 1747
b. 1850
c. 1763
d. 1970
Answer:
c. 1763
33. Chartism is related to
a. Separation of powers
b. American independence
c. Working class movements
d. Bill of rights
Answer:
c. Working class movements
34. The book Socialist and Communist Movements since the Third French Revolution is authored by
a. Karl Marx
b. Lorenz von Stein
c. Harold Laski
d. Frederick Engels
Answer:
b. Lorenz von Stein
35. The book Socialist and Communist Movements since the Third French Revolution was written in the year…………………..
a. 1848
b. 1777
c. 1912
d. 1949
Answer:
a. 1848
36. The green parties deal with………..?
a. Human rights
b. Enviornment
c. Direct democracy
d. Gender issues
Answer:
b. Enviornment
37. The anti nuclear movements emerged during ……………..?
a. Napolenic wars
b. Post first world war
c. Hundred years war
d. Post second world war
Answer:
d. Post second world war
38. The new social movements are generally
a. Grass root movements
b. Elite movements
c. Party movements
d. Government movements
Answer:
a. Grass root movements
39. A novel character of new social movements are their……character
a. Political
b. Apolitical
c. Bureaucratic
d. Elite
Answer:
b. Apolitical
40. NSM stands for
a. National Strategic mission
b. New social movements
c. New state modalities
d. Natural social movements
Answer:
b. New social movements
41. New social movements rejects..
a. Parliamentary democracy
b. UN system
c. Multi Polarism
d. Organized politics
Answer:
d. Organized politics
42. The concept of alternative politics is related with
a. First world
b. Second world
c. UN
d. Third world
Answer:
d. Third world
43. Which among the following is not a radical movement
a. American Civil Rights Movem
b. Polish solidarity
c. Arab springs
d. None of the above
Answer:
d. None of the above
44. The solidarity movements originated in
a. Poland,
b. USA
c. England
d. Germany
Answer:
a. Poland,
45. Who among the following is associated with solidarity movement?
a. Martin Luther
b. Karl Marx
c. Le Valeski
d. Lenin
Answer:
c. Le Valeski
46. Which among the following was a peaceful movement
a. French revolution
b. Solidarity movement
c. American revolution
d. None of the above
Answer:
b. Solidarity movement
47. Martin Luther King jr was associated with
a. Religious reforms
b. Gender rights
c. Rights of Blacks
d. Constitutional reforms
Answer:
c. Rights of Blacks
48. The 9/11 is related with?
a. Al Jaseera
b. Al Quidea
c. New left
d. Republican party
Answer:
b. Al Quidea
49. 26/11 is related with which country
a. Iraque
b. India
c. Palestine
d. Russia
Answer:
b. India
50. The old social movements were ….movements
a. Class
b. Issues
c. Development
d. Caste
Answer:
a. Class
51. Who is a free rider ……………………….?
a. Active member
b. Political leadership
c. Passive member
d. Government officials
Answer:
c. Passive member
52. The Coffee part was related with…………?
a. American independence
b. Facebook
c. Srilankan plantations
d. OBC issues
Answer:
b. Facebook
53. Which among the following is not a new social media
a. Face book
b. Twitter
c. Whats app
d. None of the above
Answer:
d. None of the above
54. Which among the following is a new entrant in new social media
a. Face book
b. Whats App
c. Twitter
d. You Tube
Answer:
b. Whats App
55. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is related with
a. Iran
b. Iraque
c. Al Quaida
d. Afghanistan
Answer:
a. Iran
56. The Smart mob occurred in the year ……………………..?
a. 2011
b. 2009
c. 2001
d. 2004
Answer:
c. 2001
57. Mohamed Bouazizi is associated with?
a. 9/11
b. Tunisian revolution
c. Syrian revolution
d. Palestine issue
Answer:
b. Tunisian revolution
58. Occupy wall street is related with
a. Arab springs
b. Philippine revolution
c. Financial crisis
d. Gender rights
Answer:
c. Financial crisis
59. The major advocate of Sarvodaya was…
a. Amedkar
b. Rawls
c. Marx
d. Gandhiji
Answer:
d. Gandhiji
60. The Book Hind Swaraj was written in the year
a. 1909
b. 1947
c. 1917
d. 1921
Answer:
a. 1909
61. Who among the following is not an advocate of enlightenment
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. Thomas Paine
d. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer:
d. Mahatma Gandhi
62. Who among the following argues for post modernism ……………………?
a. Ashis Nandy
b. Medha Patkar
c. Ambedkar
d. Harold Laski
Answer:
a. Ashis Nandy
63. The Chipko movement was…
a. A gender movement
b. An environmental movement
c. Democratic movement
d. Anti nuclear movement
Answer:
d. Anti nuclear movement
64. The Chipko movement occurred in the state of
a. Orissa
b. Bihar
c. Tripura
d. Uttarakhand
Answer:
d. Uttarakhand
65. In which year Chipko was awarded right livelihood award
a. 1987
b. 1983
c. 2011
d. 1990
Answer:
a. 1987
66. Ecofeminism was a special feature of ?
a. NBA
b. Chipco
c. Silent Valley
d. Plachimada struggle
Answer:
b. Chipco
67. Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh was established in
a. 1992
b. 1974
c. 1971
d. 1964
Answer:
d. 1964
68. Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh was related with
a. NBA
b. Chipko
c. OBC’s
d. Dalits
Answer:
b. Chipko
69. DGSS stands for
a. Directorate of General Supplies System
b. Daksina Gram Swrna Sangh
c. Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh
d. Dalit Gram Swaraj Sanghathan
Answer:
c. Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh
70. AnDGSS was founded by easing of tension between the states can be termed as
a. BR Amedkar
b. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
c. Medha Patkar
d. Baba Amte
Answer:
b. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
71. The term Chipko means
a. To stick
b. To srike
c. To Oppose
d. To resist
Answer:
a. To stick
72. The trans Himalayan foot march for chipko was led by
a. Medha Padkahar
b. Arundathi Roy
c. Sunderlal Bahuguna
d. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer:
c. Sunderlal Bahuguna
73. In which year the felling of trees in the Himalayan regions for fifteen years was banned
a. 1976
b. 1980
c. 1956
d. 1980
Answer:
d. 1980
74. The felling of trees in the Himalayan regions was banned by which prime minister
a. Narasimha Rao
b. VP Singh
c. Rajeev Gandhi
d. Indira Gandhi
Answer:
d. Indira Gandhi
75. In which year Sundarlal Bahuguna was awarded Padma Vibhushan
a. 2009
b. 2008
c. 2010
d. 2000
Answer:
a. 2009
76. In connection with Chipko movement who won Magsaysay Award
a. Sundarlal Bahuguna, awat.
b. Shamsher Singh
c. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
d. Govind Singh
Answer:
c. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
77. In connection with Chipko movement the Magsaysay Award was awarded in the year
a. 1979
b. 1978
c. 1999
d. 1982
Answer:
d. 1982
78. Beej Bachao Andolan is for?
a. River protection
b. Save seeds
c. Human rights
d. Feminist movement
Answer:
b. Save seeds
79. The Appico movement is connected with the state
a. Karnataka
b. Uttharakhand
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Orissa
Answer:
a. Karnataka
80. Identify the person connected with Narmada Bachavo Andolan
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. CK Janu
c. Sundarlal Bahuguna
d. Baba Amte
Answer:
d. Baba Amte
81. The Right livelihood award was given to the leaders of NBA in the year?
a. 1991
b. 1980
c. 1965
d. 2007
Answer:
a. 1991
82. NBA stands for
a. National Board of Agriculture
b. Narmada Bachavo Andolan
c. National Beej Andolan
d. None of the above
Answer:
b. Narmada Bachavo Andolan
83. Identify the state not involved in Narmada issue
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Gujarat
c. Maharashtra
d. Himachal Pradesh
Answer:
d. Himachal Pradesh
84. Which of the following agency was associated with Narmada project
a. IMF
b. WTO
c. World Bank
d. UNDP
Answer:
c. World Bank
85. When was NBA established
a. 1986
b. 1978
c. 1999
d. 1989
Answer:
d. 1989
86. The Morse Commission was associated with
a. Chipco
b. Narmada
c. Plachimada
d. None of the above
Answer:
b. Narmada
87. In which year the Save silent valley project started?
a. 1973
b. 1997
c. 1998
d. 1999
Answer:
a. 1973
88. The Issue of Silent valley was brought to global attention by?
a. Medha Patkar
b. Mayilamma
c. Romulus Whitaker
d. James mortenfield
Answer:
c. Romulus Whitaker
89. Identify the Person associated with Silent valley struggle?
a. CK Janu
b. Mayilamma
c. Salim Ali
d. Medha Patkar
Answer:
c. Salim Ali
90. The Mavoor Grasim was established in Mavoor in the year
a. 1955
b. 1958
c. 1959
d. 1963
Answer:
d. 1963
91. When was Mavoor rayons factory was closed
a. 2000
b. 2001
c. 2004
d. 2003
Answer:
b. 2001
92. Enmakaje Panchayath is which district
a. Kannur
b. Calicut
c. Wayanad
d. Kasargod
Answer:
d. Kasargod
93. In which year the Plachimada struggle started
a. 2002
b. 2001
c. 1997
d. 2000
Answer:
a. 2002
94. The Shahada movement occurred in the state
a. Maharashtra
b. Madya Pradesh
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Hariyana
Answer:
a. Maharashtra
95. SEWA stands for
a. Self Employed Womens Association
b. Save Employed Womens Association
c. State Employed Womens Association
d. Southern Employed Womens Association
Answer:
a. Self Employed Womens Association
96. Which among the following does not come under the category domestic violence
a. Economic violence
b. Physical Violence
c. Sexual violence
d. None of the above
Answer:
d. None of the above
97. IPV stands for
a. Intimate Partner Violence
b. International parental violence
c. Institutional partner violence
d. None of the above
Answer:
a. Intimate Partner Violence
98. In which year protection against domestic violence act was passed
a. 2008
b. 2005
c. 1976
d. 2001
Answer:
b. 2005
99. Child Labor Prohibition and Regulation Act was passed in the year
a. 2001
b. 2005
c. 1999
d. 1986
Answer:
d. 1986
100. SEWA was founded in the year
a. 1972
b. 2005
c. 1999
d. 1986
Answer:
a. 1972