Identify the incorrect statement:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → In India there are no indigenous people.
Option (1) Narmada Bachao Andolan is an anti-dam movement. — True. India has had some of the leading anti-dam, pro-river movements, and the Narmada Bachao Andolan is one of the best known of them.
Option (2) In the Philippines, green organisations fight to protect eagles and other birds. — True. Wilderness campaigns are not missing in the South: in the Philippines, green organisations fight to protect eagles and other birds of prey from extinction.
Option (3) There has been violence among Israel, Syria and Jordan for sharing water of rivers. — True. States have used force over fresh water: there was violence between Israel, Syria and Jordan in the 1950s and 1960s over attempts to divert water from the Jordan and Yarmuk rivers.
Option (4) In India there are no indigenous people. — False. In India, the description ‘indigenous people’ is usually applied to the Scheduled Tribes, who make up nearly eight per cent of the country’s population.
NCERT (2026-27): Contemporary World Politics — Chapter 6: Environment and Natural Resources
NCERT (2026-27): “Environmental Movements: One or Many? … India has had some of the leading anti-dam, pro-river movements. Narmada Bachao Andolan is one of the best known of these movements.… Resource Geopolitics … States have used force to protect or seize freshwater resources. Examples of violence include those between Israel, Syria, and Jordan in the 1950s and 1960s over attempts by each side to divert water from the Jordan and Yarmuk Rivers, and more recent threats between Turkey, Syria, and Iraq over the construction of dams on the Euphrates River.… The Indigenous Peoples and Their Rights … In India, the description ‘indigenous people’ is usually applied to the Scheduled Tribes who constitute nearly eight per cent of the population of the country.…” |
