ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS IN KARNATAKA

Q. Chipko movement took place in a small Garhwali village called ______________.

1. Ajabpur
2. Alasu
3. Mandal
4. Malli

Q. Chipko Movement was organised under the leadership of ________________.

1. Vithika Yadav
2. Medha Patkar
3. Sarada Menon
4. Sunderlal Bahuguna

Q. Which among the following is not an environmental movement in Karnataka?

1. Appiko movement
2. Save Kannada movement
3. Sahyadri Mining Protest Forum
4. Tunga River Protection Drive agitation

Q. Select the elements that consist the natural environment:

1. Biotic
2. Abiotic
3. Electronic
4. Magnetic

Q. Bhadra River originates from ___________.

1. Eastern Ghats
2. Vindhya Range
3. Himalayas
4. Western Ghats

Q. The movement that was organised to protest against the mining activities in Western Ghats was _________________.

1. Sahyadri Mining Protest Forum
2. Save the Ghats
3. Sahyadri Bachao Andolan
4. Aranya Rodhana

Q. Select the major movements aimed at the protection of trees:

1. Swachh Bharat
2. Chipko
3. Appiko
4. Sarva Siksha Abhiyan

Q. got its name from the people’s action of ‘hugging’ the trees.

1. Chipko Movement
2. Hugg Movement
3. Save Forest Movement
4. Tree Movement

Q. The environmental awareness movement in Karnataka started in _______.

1. 1970s
2. 1960s
3. 1950s
4. 1980s

Q. Select the negative effects of industrial development:

1. Production
2. Afforestation
3. Employment
4. Pollution

Q. Select the river with which the Tunga River Protective Drive was associated:

1. Kaveri
2. Krishna
3. Tungabhadra
4. Bhima

Q. The history of environmental degradation started with the advent of ____________.

1. Industrial revolution
2. Green revolution
3. Armed revolution
4. Blue revolution

Q. The industry that discharged its affluents into river Tungabhadra was _________.

1. Harihara Polyfibre Industry
2. Bombay Dyeing Industries
3. Alpec Industries
4. Reliance Industries

Q. Name the organisation which was formed to protest against polluting Bhadra river.

1. Sahyadri Mining Protest Forum
2. Appiko Movement
3. Chipko Movement
4. Himalayan Mining Protest Forum

Q. In Karnataka, the Chipko movement became known as .

1. Hugg tree
2. Appiko
3. Save tree
4. Save forest

Q. In the name of development, people are ________ the nature.

1. protecting
2. destroying
3. cleaning
4. using

Q.

What was the aim of the Chipko Movement?

Q. Write a short note on the Chipko movement.

Q. Select the imported plant species that was planted by the government under social forestry project:

1. Sharinga
2. Keekar
3. Acacia
4. Nilgiri

Q. Select the places in Karnataka that were affected by the mining activities:

1. Ballari
2. Chitradurga
3. Bengaluru
4. Davangere

Q. Select the decade in which mining activities started in the Western Ghats.

1. 1970s
2. 1980s
3. 1990s
4. 1920s