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UGC NET June 2015 History
The signal feature of the popular monotheistic movements of the fifteenth-sixteenth centuries was that:
AIt was a movement of the subalterns, but its leaders came from the middle class and addressed the common people in their own language
BIt was a movement of common people, exploited by the elite for their own interests
CIt was a movement of subalterns, its leaders were also subalterns, and they addressed the people in the language of the people ✓ Correct
DIt was a movement preaching the oneness of God by extensively quoting from the scriptures
Correct answer: (C) It was a movement of subalterns, its leaders were also subalterns, and they addressed the people in the language of the people — The signal feature was that it was a movement of subalterns led by subalterns in the people's language, so the answer is the third option.
Explanation
★The signal feature was that it was a movement of subalterns led by subalterns in the people's language, so the answer is the third option.
★The popular monotheistic movements rose among the common people.
★Their leaders too came from the lower and humble classes.
★Saints like Kabir and Ravidas were themselves of humble origin.
★They preached in the everyday language of the people.
★This made their message reach the common folk directly.
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