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Multiple choice geography sustainable development with equity introduction to social movements and its types social movements battle of plassey liberalisation

Who started the Chipko movement?

  1. Sunderlal Bahuguna

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Subhash Chandra Bose

  4. Rajiv Gandhi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sunderlal Bahuguna. 

Chipko Movement, began in the 1970's, was a peaceful development focused on the protection of trees and woods from being decimated. The name of the Chipko movement started from the term embrace as the town people used to embrace the trees and shield them from woodcutters from cutting them.

Multiple choice sociology social movements introduction to social movements and its types battle of plassey battle of plassey (1757) liberalisation environment- centric mass movements

The Silent valley movement was related to ?

  1. Cutting of trees

  2. Building of dam

  3. Mining

  4. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Save Silent Valley is a social movement launched to protect an evergreen tropical forest in the Palaghat district of Kerala. It started in 1973 to save silent valley reserve forest and stop construction of Dam (Hydroelectric Project) in the Valley. There has been massive environmental debates to save the endangered wildlife having natural habitat in the valley. It was declared as Silent Valley National Park later in 1984.

Multiple choice sociology social movements introduction to social movements and its types battle of plassey battle of plassey (1757) liberalisation environment- centric mass movements

Which of the following movements were against the cutting of trees ?

  1. Chipko Movement

  2. Appiko Movement

  3. Silent valley Movement

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Both the Chipko movement (Himalayas) and the Appiko movement (Karnataka) were grassroots environmental movements focused on preventing the commercial felling of trees.

Multiple choice sociology social movements introduction to social movements and its types battle of plassey battle of plassey (1757) liberalisation environment- centric mass movements

______________ movements are the scientific movements aimed at preserving the biological system.

  1. Political

  2. Economic

  3. Environmental

  4. All
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Environment movements are the movements aimed toward the protection of environment, biological system . The environmental movement also including conservation and green politics, is a dissimilar scientific, social, and political movement to address environmental issues. Environmental movement is a type of "social movement that involves an array of persons, groups and coalitions that observe a common interest in environmental protection and act to bring about changes in environmental policies and practices".

Multiple choice introduction to social movements and its types social movements sociology recent social movements social movements in our time

Name the ship in which volunteers set out to test the area of protest.

  1. Dartmouth

  2. Eleanor

  3. Beaver

  4. Greenpeace
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The question refers to the environmental protest movement. Greenpeace is the organization, but the historical context of the 'protest' mentioned in typical textbooks often refers to the Phyllis Cormack (the boat used for the first Greenpeace voyage). However, within the context of this specific curriculum, Greenpeace is the intended answer.

Multiple choice introduction to social movements and its types social movements sociology recent social movements social movements in our time

During the second world war who dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima?

  1. Germany

  2. UK

  3. USSR

  4. USA
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

On August 6, 1945, during World War II, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people and tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of a new and most cruel bomb.

Multiple choice introduction to social movements and its types social movements sociology recent social movements social movements in our time

What is the ultimate goal of the NPT?

  1. To eliminate nuclear sources from the world

  2. Facilitating nuclear energy for peaceful purposes

  3. World peace

  4. Nuclear disarmament
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The ultimate goal of the NPT is nuclear disarmament thus preventing wider diffusion of nuclear weapons. The NPT, a multilateral treaty, aims at limiting the spread of nuclear weapons including three elements: (1) non-proliferation (2) disarmament  (3) peaceful use of nuclear energy.

Multiple choice introduction to social movements and its types social movements sociology recent social movements social movements in our time

Consider the following statements about pressure groups and parties.
A. Pressure groups are organised expression of the interests and views of specific social sections.
B. Pressure groups take positions on political issues.
C. All pressure groups are political parties.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. A, B, and C

  2. A and B

  3. B and C

  4. A and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The nature of pressure group and parties are as follows:-

1. These are the organisations that attempt to influence government policies.
2. The pressure group does not aim to directly share the political power.
3. Pressure group is organised expression of the interests and views of a specific social section.
4. Pressure group takes positions on political issues.