Environment Movement

Q. I brought the water revolution in Rajasthan. I am also known as the “Waterman of India”. Who am I?

1. Arvind Kejriwal
2. Medha Patkar
3. Dr Rajendra Singh
4. Anna Hazare

Q. Chipko movement and Silent Valley Movement come under __________.

1. Consumer movements
2. Environmental movements
3. Labour movements
4. Women movements

Q. Which of the following personalities won the "Stockholm Water Prize?"

1. Rajendra Singh
2. Aabid Surti
3. Shirish Apte
4. Amla Ruia

Q. What does the Wildlife Trust of India do?

1. Work to protect consumers
2. Work to protect labour
3. Work to protect women
4. Work to protect environment

Q. Who is known as the "Waterman of India?"

1. Aabid Surti
2. Shirish Apte
3. Amla Ruia
4. Rajendra Singh

Q. Which of the following built eleven thousand johads or rainwater storage in the villages of Rajasthan?

1. Kalpavriksh
2. Wildlife Trust of India
3. Tarun Bharat Sangh
4. Narmada Bachao Aandolan

Q. Who was the founder of the Tarun Bharat Sangh organisation?

1. Lal Bahadur Shastri
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. M. S. Swaminathan
4. Dr Rajendra Singh

Q. movement aimed to protect the forest in Kerala from being destroyed for the hydroelectric project.

1. Chipko
2. Bishnoi
3. Silent Valley

Q. Which movement aimed to protect forests from being destroyed in Kerala for a hydroelectric project?

1. Narmada Bachao Andolan
2. Chipko Movement
3. Silent Valley Movement
4. Swachh Bharat

Q. Who was the founder President of Bharatiya Jana Sangh?

1. B.R.Ambedker
2. Somnath Lahiri
3. H.C. Mookherjee
4. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Q. In the Chipko Movement, people hugged trees that were going to be cut to save them.

1. True
2. False