- The Chipko Movement was a forest conservation movement in India that began in the 1970s, primarily in Uttarakhand (then part of Uttar Pradesh). Key figures involved in the movement included Sunderlal Bahuguna, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, and Gaura Devi. - Sunderlal Bahuguna was a prominent environmentalist and Chipko leader. - Chandi Prasad Bhatt was one of the early initiators of the movement. - Gaura Devi was a village woman who played a crucial role in leading resistance efforts. - M.S. Swaminathan is a renowned geneticist and agriculturist, widely known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India" for his role in developing and promoting high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice. His work was primarily focused on agricultural productivity and food security, not forest conservation in the context of the Chipko movement.
Of the following who is not related to "Chipko Movement"?
Asked in TNPSC CS Prelims 2014 · Topic: Forest and Wildlife (Joint Forest Management (JFM) and community participation in conservation)
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- Which of the following statements regarding Chipko Movement is/are correct ? 1. Chipko Movement took place in the early 1970s against the introduction of commercial forestry. 2. Chipko refers to a single movement and not a collective of several movements. 3. Chipko did not begin as a movement for conservation but primarily as an economic struggle, the root of which lay in rural and peasant protests. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
- The Chipko Movement 1. was an environmental movement to prevent cutting down of trees 2. raised the question of ecological and economic exploitation 3. is a movement against alcoholism as its broadened agenda 4. demanded that local communities should have control over their natural resources Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- Every year, a monthlong ecologically important campaign/festival is held during which certain communities/tribes plant saplings of fruit-bearing trees. Which of the following are such communities/tribes?
- Which of the following statements about the Chipko Movement is/are correct? 1. It was opposed to the commercial felling of trees in hill areas. 2. It was a non-violent movement. 3. It supported construction of dams in hilly regions. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- The Chipko Movement is related to which one of the following issues ?
- Social Forestry scheme promotes
- Introduction of Joint Forest Management was an important objective of
- The Appiko Movement is a movement which of the following Indian States? 1. Uttarakhand 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Kerala 4. Karnataka Select the correct answer from the code given below : Code : (a) 1 and 2 (b) 3 and 4 (c) Only 4 (d) Only 1
