Question

Statement I: The local people play an important role in forests conservation.

Statement II: Bishnoi community in Rajasthan worked traditionally for the conservation of forest and wildlife.

• A. Both the statements are correct
• B. Both the statements are incorrect
• C. Only statement I is correct
• D. Only statement II is correct

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both the statements are correct

There have been a lot of instances of local people working traditionally for conservation of forests. For example, the case of Bishnoi community in Rajasthan, for whom conservation of forest and wildlife has been a religious tenet. Bishnois do not cut trees for fuel and timber, but they remove only the dead trunks and twigs.
Hence, both the statements are correct.