{"id":89366,"date":"2025-06-01T10:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=89366"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:03:11","slug":"which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-chipko-movement-is-are-cor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-chipko-movement-is-are-cor\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following statements regarding Chipko Movement is\/are cor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following statements regarding Chipko Movement is\/are correct ?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. Chipko Movement took place in the early 1970s against the introduction of commercial forestry.<\/li>\n<li>2. Chipko refers to a single movement and not a collective of several movements.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below :<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;1 and 3&#8243; option3=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1 and 2&#8243; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CAPF &#8211; 2011<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-capf-2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-capf-2011\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nStatements 1 and 3 are correct. The Chipko Movement did indeed take place in the early 1970s, primarily in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, opposing commercial logging by contractors that threatened the traditional forest rights of local communities (Statement 1). While it became famous for environmental conservation, its initial roots were primarily in the economic struggles of villagers dependent on forests for their livelihoods, who were protesting against unfair allocation of forest resources to outsiders (Statement 3). Statement 2 is incorrect; Chipko is often used as a collective term for a series of similar protests and movements involving villagers hugging trees to prevent felling across different parts of the Himalayas over time, not a single, monolithic movement.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nThe Chipko Movement is a landmark example of environmental activism rooted in socio-economic issues and community participation, particularly by women, in rural India.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional_information\">\nKey figures associated with the Chipko Movement include Sunderlal Bahuguna and Chandi Prasad Bhatt. The movement successfully pressured the government to ban logging in sensitive areas of the Himalayas for several years.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following statements regarding Chipko Movement is\/are correct ? 1. 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