Question:
Pandurang Hegde launched the Appiko Movement in Karnataka in _______ ?
A1980
B1981
C1983
D1984
Answer:
C. 1983
Explanation:
Appiko Movement is one of the forest-based environmental movements in India. The movement took place in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka in the Western Ghats. The movement created awareness among the villagers throughout the Western Ghats about the ecological danger posed by the commercial and industrial interests to their forest which was the main source of sustenance.