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Social and Political Movements

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Social and political movements drive historical change through civil disobedience and organized campaigns. This hub covers key topics like the civil rights movement, suffragettes, abolitionism, and labor strikes. These themes frequently appear in general studies and history papers.

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Social and Political Movements Questions

Multiple choice reproduction - the generating system reproductive health of humans need of family planning reproductive health problems cell division in embryo development division for growth and reproduction reproductive health

Which of the following is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization?

  1. RAINN

  2. WHO

  3. IHS

  4. FDA
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A- The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is an American nonprofit anti-sexual assault organization, the largest in the United States. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline, as well as the Department of Defense (DoD) Safe Helpline, and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help survivors, and ensures that perpetrators are brought to justice through victim services, public education, public policy, and consulting services.

So the correct option is A.

Multiple choice civics expansion of democracy different forms of government government government and its forms

Sunderlal Bahuguna , a prominent social activist is associated with one of the following movements?

  1. Chipko Movement

  2. Anti-Corruption Movement

  3. Save Democracy Movement

  4. Narmada Bachao Andolan

  5. Anti price Movement
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Sunderlal Bahuguna is an environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. He fought for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas and against constructing large dams. In the rural Himalayan region, foreign based logging companies were attracted to the region's vast forest resources. Although villagers depended on the forest for subsistence, government policy denied them lumber access. Chipko protest meaning "tree hugging" a technique of non-violent resistance was applied. This helped save trees and forests from cutting by forest contractors. Hence, option A is the correct answer.

Multiple choice history nazism and the rise of hitler causes and impact of nazism nazism in germany causes, aim and impact of nazism

Which of the following was not true of Nazi State and women?

  1. Equal rights for men and women

  2. Women were socially different from men

  3. All mothers were not treated equally

  4. They had to be bearers of Aryan culture and race
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Explanation

Children in Nazi Germany were repeatedly told that women were radically different from men. It was told by Nazi's that the fight for equal rights for men and women was wrong and it would destroy society.

Girls were told to be good mothers and rear pure-blooded Aryan children. Girls had to maintain the purity of the race, distance from the Jews, look after the home and teach their children Nazi values. They had to be the bearers of the Aryan culture and race. All mothers were not treated equally. Women who bore racially undesirable children were punished and those who bore racially desireable children were awarded.

Multiple choice nationalist movement in indo china national liberation movements in the colonies recent social movements social movements in our time

Civil rights groups opposed the Vietnam War primarily because ________.

  1. they supported the North Vietnamese and the communists

  2. the media had stopped covering the civil rights movement in order to cover the war news

  3. money that had been earmarked for social programs was diverted to military use

  4. they objected to the war on religious and pacifist grounds

  5. they wanted to prevent the reelection of President Lyndon Johnson
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Civil rights groups opposed the Vietnam War primarily because money that had been earmarked for social programs was diverted to military use.

Multiple choice nationalist movement in indo china national liberation movements in the colonies recent social movements social movements in our time

Which of the following spurred young people in the United States to push for the ratification of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?

  1. Opposition to the Vietnam War

  2. Support for a Republican administration

  3. Concern for veterans' rights

  4. Commitment to civil rights for all Americans

  5. Determination to ensure equal rights for men and women
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Opposition to the Vietnam War.

Multiple choice nationalist movement in indo china national liberation movements in the colonies recent social movements social movements in our time

In the 1960s  and  early 1970s, who were the Weathermen in the news?

  1. Radical black nationalists who believed in power to the black people.

  2. Radical terrorists who opposed the Vietnam War.

  3. Environmental activists who opposed the pollution caused by automobiles.

  4. A rock-and-roll group who were precursors to punk rock and heavy metal groups.

  5. A commune that called for love and peace and living in the outdoors.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Radical terrorists who opposed the Vietnam War.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

The Home Rule Movement was inspired by the ________.

  1. British Home Rule Movement

  2. African Home rule Movement

  3. Irish Home Rule Movement

  4. French Home Rule Movement.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

To make the radicals politically inactive, the British tried to win the favour of the moderates and Muslims by giving greater representation in the legislature. To carry out this intention Morley-Minto reformations were implemented in 1909. In this act they created a separate election constituency for the Muslims. Meanwhile, the First World War broke out (1914).This gave a new force to the national movement. In 1916 Lokamanya Tilak and Annie Besant organised Home Rule movement. This movement was inspired by Irish Home Rule movement. Its main objective was to bring self-government in India. Tilak and Annie Besant started Home Rule movements separately in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra in the year 1916.

Multiple choice political science women change the world social aspects of gender and women's education position of women and major social evils women empowerment

More radical women's movements aimed at equality in personal and family life. These movements are called __________ movements.

  1. Women's

  2. Social

  3. Feminist

  4. Political
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Explanation

Movements that specifically target equality in personal, family, and social life are defined as feminist movements.

Multiple choice political science women change the world social aspects of gender and women's education position of women and major social evils women empowerment

Radical women's movement which aimed at equality in personal and family life was called ___________.

  1. Women's movement

  2. Biological difference movement

  3. Girls movement

  4. Feminist movement
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Explanation
  • Feminist Movement is also known as Women's Liberation Movement.
  • Advocacy for women's rights is the primary goal of feminist Movement.
  • Charles Fourier coined the term Feminism.
  • Feminists are the persons who supports or advocates for women rights.
Multiple choice political science women change the world social aspects of gender and women's education position of women and major social evils women empowerment

Describe two methods of struggle that the women's movement used to raise issues?

  1. Protesting.

  2. Raising awareness.

  3. Both A and B.

  4. None of the above.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Protesting; In this method, public rallies and demonstrations were held by women to raise their voice against violations of law affecting them.
Raising awareness;  This helped in creating public awareness on women's rights issues through street plays, song, and public meetings.

Multiple choice political science women change the world social aspects of gender and women's education position of women and major social evils women empowerment

Efforts made by the women's movement led the _________ to formulate guidelines in 1997 to protect women against _________ at the workplace and within educational institutions.

  1. Supreme Court; sexual harassment

  2. Supreme Court; domestic violence

  3. High Court; sexual harassment

  4. High Court; domestic harassment
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Note: We must understand that at a pan India level, it is the Supreme Court which is entitled to formulate guidelines, and not a particular High Court which mostly looks only after the state that it represents.

Sexual harassment was identified as a form of violence against women at workplaces and educational institutions,  in 1997, when the Supreme Court formulated the 'Vishaka guidelines' against sexual harassment. This was followed by the enactment of a full fledged law against such harassment in the year 2013.
Domestic violence entails violence within the confines of the domestic sphere. At a workplace and in educational institutions, sexual harassment is the most common form of violence.

Multiple choice political science women change the world social aspects of gender and women's education position of women and major social evils women empowerment

Different strategies have been used in the womens movement to _________.

  1. Spread awareness

  2. Seek justice

  3. Fight discrimination

  4. All of these
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Explanation

Women's Movements have taken a prominent place in the Modern era. Such movements attempt to bring equality, freedom, basic civic rights etc for women who have been victims of gender discrimination ever since. Many activists and organizations have launched several women's movements in order to spread awareness regarding the issue of gender discrimination, fight this discrimination and demand justice wherever required. In India, such activities have been brought under the ambit of the Feminist Movement of India.

Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

Mark the correct objective of Civil Rights Movement in the U.S A.?

  1. Use of the violent means to end corruption

  2. Fight for the rights of the women.

  3. To and arbitrary use of power.

  4. Abolishion of legal racial discrimination against African-Americans
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.A. targeted the equal treatment and granting of human rights to the African American who were being harshly treated and tortured and were considered inferior and slaves to the White Americans. It largely targeted abolition of legal racial discrimination against African- Americans followed by several movements and protests.

Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

The city of Cochabamba is related to which issue?

  1. Nepal's Popular struggle

  2. Narmada Bachao Andolan

  3. Environmental Movement

  4. Bolivia's Water War

  5. American Civil War
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The city Cochabamba is related to the struggle against Water Privatisation in Bolivia. This protest was led by an organisation called FEDECOR.