RAS question
Which statement best fits the cited account of the Govind Giri-led Adivasi movement?
Correct answer: (A) Its core lay among the Adivasis of Dungarpur, Banswara, Sunth and Idar, not Udaipur-Sirohi..
The Govind Giri-led Adivasi movement was centred on Dungarpur, Banswara, Sunth Rampur and Idar, while Udaipur and Sirohi largely stayed outside it.
Explanation
RajRAS supports option A because the Govind Giri-led movement was centred on Dungarpur, Banswara, Sunth Rampur and Idar. Many Bhils in Udaipur, Sirohi and Bundi remained aloof, so Udaipur-Sirohi cannot be treated as the main participating zone. Two checks prevent common misreadings: the Mangarh phase should not be reduced to a plan of attack, killing and loot, because Govind Giri described it as worship rather than plunder; and Motilal Tejawat was not directly running a joint organisation with him. The tested point is therefore the precise regional base of Govind Giri's movement, not a broad label for every Bhil agitation in Rajasthan.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Udaipur and Sirohi cannot be called the principal participating states because many Bhils there remained aloof from Govind Giri's movement.
- (C) The Mangarh phase is not supported as a plan to attack, kill and loot, since Govind Giri denied that reading and framed it as worship.
- (D) A direct joint organisation with Motilal Tejawat is ruled out; the account allows only a later influence of ideas rather than an organisational link.
Concept
This tests the regional mapping of tribal movements in Rajasthan, especially the distinction between Govind Giri's Bhagat movement and related Bhil mobilisations. RAS often asks such questions because names, places and reform movements are easy to confuse in Rajasthan history.