Page 1 - Home Assignment_ Social Movements
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Class-XII
Chapter-15
Book-2
Social Movements
Home Assignment
1 marks
1) Collective action must be marked by some degree of ___________.
2) ________ movement arise in defence of status quo.
3) Social movements develop distinct mode of __________.
4) ________ are very skilful hunters.
5) Social organisation are the sum total of countless individual and collective
actions gathered across time and space.
6) Mc Carthy’s book The Logic of Sensible action argues that a social
movement is an aggregation of rational individual actors pursuing their self-
interest. Correct the statement.
7) Olson’s theory is based on the notion of the rational, ______ individual.
8) Redemptive social movements strive to change the existing social and
political arrangements through gradual, incremental steps. State T/F
9) The life cycle of social movement is called as__________
10) A _________ is an act of defiance against legitimate authority i.e the British
rule.
11) The old social movements saw _________ of power relations as a central
goal.
12) Gail Omvedt in her book _______ points out that concerns about social
inequality and the unequal distribution of resources continue to be important
elements in these movements.
13) The _______ movements are for separate statehood bring together
different groups of people who do not share homogenous class identities.
14) The first peasant organisation was the _________(1929) and _________ in
1936
