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UPSC 2025: Who among the following was the founder of the ‘Self-Respect Movement’?
(a)‘Periyar’ E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(b)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(c)Bhaskarrao Jadhav
(d)Dinkarrao Javalkar
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (a) ‘Periyar’ E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker
The Self-Respect Movement advocating rationalism and caste equality was launched in 1925 under the leadership of ‘Periyar’ E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker in Tamil Nadu ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Respect_Movement?utm_source=openai)). Ambedkar, Jadhav and Javalkar were associated with other social or Dalit movements, not the Self-Respect Movement.
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2025, GS Paper 1, as Question 78. It falls under Modern History > Social & Religious Reform Movements.
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