Narmada Bachao Andolan

Q. The Sardar Sarovar dam flooded more than 37, 000 hectares of forest land and ruined the fertile lands of the entire Jalsindhi village. This developmental project provoked a movement by the villagers.

Identify the movement.

1. Chipko Movement
2. Narmada Bachao Andolan
3. Green Revolution
4. Consumer Movement

Q. Identify the major modern development that was central to agriculture.

1. Development of roadways
2. Development of banking
3. Development of irrigation
4. Development of electricity

Q. The Sardar Sarovar dam slowly drove the local community to .

1. self-sufficiency
2. poverty
3. illiteracy

Q. The poor people, who are evacuated from their village due to dams, lose access to the local environment.

What other loss do the villagers face?

1. Loss of agricultural crops
2. Loss of traditional knowledge of biodiversity
3. Loss of water availability
4. Loss of modern knowledge of biodiversity

Q. The lives of the rural communities and the environment are very strongly bound together.

1. True
2. False