Question

In which country was an Australian Mining Company 'WMC' opposed ?

• A. Singapore
• B. Philippines
• C. Thailand
• D. Japan

Hint:

WMC, an Australian mining company, was opposed by the local people in the Philippines. Choose option (B).

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Understand the question:
The question refers to a case from the chapter on Environment and Natural Resources in Contemporary World Politics.
The case is about indigenous peoples who opposed a mining company in the 1990s.

Step 2: Recall the case:
WMC is the Western Mining Corporation, an Australian company. It planned to start mining in a region of the Philippines.
Indigenous people of that region, supported by many groups, opposed the plan. It shows that indigenous peoples care about land and resources.

Step 3: Check option (A) Singapore:
Singapore is a small city-state without land for such mining. It is not the country in the case. So (A) is wrong.

Step 4: Check option (B) Philippines:
The mining plan and the protest took place in the Philippines. So (B) is correct.

Step 5: Check options (C) and (D):
Thailand and Japan are not linked with the WMC case in NCERT. So (C) and (D) are wrong.

Final Answer:
The Australian company WMC was opposed in the Philippines. The correct option is (B).