NPTEL Environment and Development Week 8 Assignment Answers 2024
1. When was the MoU regarding the setting up of Alumina complex signed by SIIL and Government of Orissa?
- 1998
- 2000
- 2003
- 2005
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2. Mining-induced displacement and resettlement is primarily __________ issue
- Psychological
- Social
- Human rights
- Economic
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3. When was the Land Acquisition Act (LAA) amended?
- 1980
- 1984
- 1970
- 1985
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4. When was the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act passed in India?
- 1957
- 1950
- 1960
- 1965
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5. What is the main issue at stake regarding the construction of large dams?
- Resettlement and rehabilitation
- Migration and resettlement
- Rehabilitation and reconstruction
- None of these
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6. What is the primary concern surrounding the construction of huge dams?
- Migration and resettlement
- Rehabilitation and reconstruction
- Resettlement and rehabilitation
- All of these
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7. Who is the author of the book The Greater Common Good?
- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
- Vandana Shiva
- Arundhati Roy
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8. Who among the following argued that “the general good of all humankind could be pursued by the attainment of knowledge that is useful in life so as to make ourselves the masters and possessors of nature”?
- Rene Descartes
- Michel Foucault
- Simone de Beauvoir
- Karl Marx
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9. When was the Mapithel dam project approved?
- 1985
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
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10. What effects does resettlement have on indigenous people?
- Loss of access to common resources
- Loss of civil and human rights
- Both ‘loss of access to common resources’ and ‘loss of civil and human rights’
- Profit in terms of land
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