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SSC CHSL 2020 PYQ — Question 35

SSC CHSL - 15th October 2020 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q35

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Which of the following environmental movements/conflicts of India was directly related to the prevention of the felling of trees?

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Correct answer: D

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The correct answer is option 4 i.e Chipko Movement.

  • An environmental movement can be defined as a social or political movement, for the conservation of the environment or for the improvement of the state of the environment. The terms ‘green movement’ or ‘conservation movement’ are alternatively used to denote the same.
  • Chipko Movement (Year: 1973)
  1. Place: In Chamoli district and later at Tehri-Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.
  2. Leaders: Sundarlal Bahuguna, Gaura Devi, Sudesha Devi, Bachni Devi, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Govind Singh Rawat, Dhoom Singh Negi, Shamsher Singh Bisht and Ghanasyam Raturi.
  3. Aim: The main objective was to protect the trees on the Himalayan slopes from the axes of contractors of the forest.