SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 46

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Chipko Movement.

• The Chipko Movement took place on 26 March, 1974 when a group of peasant women of Reni village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand acted to prevent the cutting of trees and reclaim their traditional forest rights.
• The Chipko movement was a non-violent agitation in 1973 that was aimed at protection and conservation of trees.
• The name of the movement ‘chipko’ comes from the word ’embrace’, as the villagers hugged the trees and encirled them to prevent being hacked.