Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: Environment and Natural Resources

Question:

The first anti-dam movement in the North was launched to save which river?

Options:

Ganga River

Indus River

Franklin River

Nile River

Correct Answer:

Franklin River

Explanation:

The correct answer is option (3) - Franklin River

In every country where a mega-dam is being built, one is likely to find an environmental movement opposing it. Increasingly anti-dam movements are pro-river movements for more sustainable and equitable management of river systems and valleys. The early 1980s saw the first anti-dam movement launched in the North, namely, the campaign to save the Franklin River and its surrounding forests in Australia. This was a wilderness and forest campaign as well as an anti-dam campaign.