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Indian Society

Class 12 · Society

Ch 3 · Social Institutions: Continuity and Change

Real UPSC Prelims questions from 2016–2026, linked to this book. Try each one first, then open the answer. 2026 answers follow UPSC's provisional answer key.

Prelims 2016 · Q58

Satya Shodhak Samaj organized

(a)a movement for upliftment of tribals in Bihar
(b)a temple-entry movement in Gujarat
(c)an anti-caste movement in Maharashtra
(d)a peasant movement in Punjab

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UPSC's answer: (c)

NCERT answers it: Class 12 Indian Society, Ch 3 (Social Institutions: Continuity and Change).

Indian Society (ch 3): Jotirao Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873 to secure rights and social justice for low-caste people — an anti-caste movement in Maharashtra. So (c).

Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2016), question 58 ↗

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