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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".