Silent Valley Movement

Q.

What is environmental conservation?

Q. Anil Agarwal founded an NGO called ______________ in 1980.

1. Centre for Environmental Science
2. Centre for Sustainable Development
3. Centre for Science and Environment
4. Centre for Science and Technology

Q. The Silent Valley movement was started in _____.

1. 1973
2. 1974
3. 1975
4. 1976

Q. Sort the following events regarding the efforts of the Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) and the people of the silent valley against the building of a dam in the valley.

1. Protests against the project begins in 1973
2. KSSP joins the protest
3. Added pressure through campaigns and protests
4. Appeal in
   Kerala High Court
5. Silent Valley was declared a national park in 1985

Q. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) started publishing reports on the state of the environment in 1982. What were these reports called?

1. Environment Report
2. Citizens' Report
3. Copeland report
4. Sustainability Report

Q. Select the statements which are true regarding the Silent Valley movement from the following.

1. Silent Valley was declared a national park in 1986.
2. The movement raised awareness about the damages caused by development.
3. Silent Valley was declared a national park in 1985.
4. Kerala High Court ordered to stop the clearing of forests.

Q. Select the reason(s) from the following that account for the success of the Silent Valley Movement?

1. Citizens exerted pressure on the government through widespread awareness programs and publications.
2. There was a huge support of world communities for the development activities in Silent Valley.
3. Persistent petitions and appeals in courts and other high offices.
4. The KSSP helped in mobilising people by publishing their reports on the ecological, economical, and social impacts of the project.

Q. Sort the following events regarding the efforts of the Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) and the people of the silent valley against the building of a dam in the valley.

1. Protests against the project begins in 1973
2. KSSP joins the protest
3. Added pressure through campaigns and protests
4. Appeal in
   Kerala High Court
5. Silent Valley was declared a national park in 1985

Q. The Silent Valley movement was started in _____.

1. 1973
2. 1974
3. 1975
4. 1976

Q. Select the reason(s) from the following that account for the success of the Silent Valley Movement?

1. Citizens exerted pressure on the government through widespread awareness programs and publications.
2. There was a huge support of world communities for the development activities in Silent Valley.
3. Persistent petitions and appeals in courts and other high offices.
4. The KSSP helped in mobilising people by publishing their reports on the ecological, economical, and social impacts of the project.

Q. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) started publishing reports on the state of the environment in 1982. What were these reports called?

1. Environment Report
2. Copeland report
3. Sustainability Report
4. Citizens' Report

Q. Select the statements which are true regarding the Silent Valley movement from the following.

1. Silent Valley was declared a national park in 1986.
2. The movement raised awareness about the damages caused by development.
3. Silent Valley was declared a national park in 1985.
4. Kerala High Court ordered to stop the clearing of forests.