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Chartism was a social movement for parliamentary representation in:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1842 the Chartists collected how many signatures?Read the answer and worked solution →When Rammohun Roy campaigned against sati, defenders of sati formed the:Read the answer and worked solution →E. P. Thompson showed that the crowd and mob had their own shared sense of right and wrong, a:Read the answer and worked solution →The theory that conflict arises when a group feels worse off than others is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Resource mobilisation theory, rejecting Olson, was proposed by:Read the answer and worked solution →James Scott's Weapons of the Weak studied everyday resistance by peasants and labourers in:Read the answer and worked solution →A social movement that changes the personal consciousness of its members, like Narayana Guru's among Ezhavas, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The 1960s reorganisation of states on language and the Right to Information campaign are examples of which type of movement?Read the answer and worked solution →Ramachandra Guha's book on the Chipko movement is titled:Read the answer and worked solution →The 1970 flood that turned villagers to Chipko struck which valley?Read the answer and worked solution →The head of the Reni village Mahila Mandal who led women to stop the felling was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bengal revolt of 1859-62 was directed against the:Read the answer and worked solution →The All India Kisan Sabha was founded in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Tebhaga movement of 1946-47 was a struggle of sharecroppers for what share of their produce?Read the answer and worked solution →The Telangana movement of 1946-51 was directed against feudal conditions in the princely state of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Naxalite movement started in 1967 from:Read the answer and worked solution →The first trade union in India was established in April 1918 in Madras by:Read the answer and worked solution →The All India Trade Union Congress was formed in Bombay in:Read the answer and worked solution →The fourth Factories Act of 1922 reduced the working day to:Read the answer and worked solution →Jharkhand was carved out of south Bihar in:Read the answer and worked solution →The charismatic adivasi leader of the Jharkhand movement who rose against the British was:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the peasant movementsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the trade union wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the movement yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the movement wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Old or new social movementRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the movement typesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Social movements bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Chartism was a social movement for parliamentary representation in:

  1. England
  2. France
  3. Russia
  4. America
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Correct answer: A. England

1. Voting rights were limited to property-owning men. 2. Chartism arose in England. 3. In 1839 over 1.25 million signed the People's Charter. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 8, Social Movements._

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In 1842 the Chartists collected how many signatures?

  1. 0.25 million
  2. 3.25 million
  3. 1.25 million
  4. 5.25 million
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Correct answer: B. 3.25 million

1. The 1839 petition had 1.25 million. 2. In 1842 they gathered 3.25 million. 3. All men over 21 got the vote only in 1918. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 8, Social Movements._

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When Rammohun Roy campaigned against sati, defenders of sati formed the:

  1. Dharma Sabha
  2. Brahmo Samaj
  3. Arya Samaj
  4. Prarthana Samaj
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Correct answer: A. Dharma Sabha

1. Counter movements defend the status quo. 2. The Dharma Sabha petitioned the British. 3. Roy himself founded the Brahmo Samaj. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 8, Social Movements._

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