Chipko Movement

Q.

The chipko andolan( hug of the trees movement) was the result of a grass-root level effort to end, alienation of people from their forests. The movement originated from an incident in a remote village called Reni in Garhwal. There was a dispute between local people and a logging contractor who had been allowed by the government to fell trees in the forest. On a particular day, the contractor's workers appeared in the forest to cut the trees while the men folks were absent. But the women of the village reached the forest quickly and clasped the tree trunks thus preventing the workers from felling the trees. Thus thwarted, the contractor had to withdraw.What would have happened, if chipko andolan did not arise?

1. The contractor would have felled the trees, destroyed them forever.

2. Would have not forced the government, to rethink their priorities in the use of forest produce.

3. The destruction of trees would have also affected the quality of soil and the sources of water.

4. All of these

Q. What was the main idea of Chipko movement?

1. An organized resistance to the destruction of forests.
2. An organized resistance to the reforestation of forests.
3. An organized resistance to plantation.
4. None of these

Q. The movement that originated during the 1970s to end alienation of people from their local forests is ___.

1. Narmada Bachao Andolan
2. GAP
3. Chipko movement
4. Clean and Green movement