Question

The Chipko Andolan is concerned with the

• A. Production of new breeds of animals.
• B. Production of new breeds of plants.
• C. Zoological survey of India.
• D. Conservation of forests.

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Conservation of forests.

The correct option is D

Explanation of the correct option:

1. The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan started in the 1970s in Uttarakhand, then in other parts of Uttar Pradesh, and simultaneously as future environmental movements, it spread all over the world.
2. It is a movement, whose main focus is on the conservation of forests and begins with a nonviolent protest in India.
3. By the well-known environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna, the Chipko movement was initiated. He writes, ‘ecology is the permanent economy’ - the Chipko movement slogan.
4. The major cause behind this movement was the dispute between the local villagers and logging contractors who continuously cut the trees from near villages.
5. From the village, women gathers in the forest and started hugging the trees to prevent the contractors from cutting the trees because of which they started to withdraw from the further cutting of trees.
6. The first woman host of the Chipko movement was Gauri Devi.
7. In 1980, the government issued a ban on cutting trees in the Himalayan regions, which is when this movement achieved its victory.
8. The main effect of this movement was that the major agenda of politics became the topic environment.

Explanation of the incorrect option:

Option A:

1. The Chipko movement is concerned with the conservation of forests and not with the production of new breeds of animals.
2. Its main aim is to conserve trees from cutting.

Option B:

1. The Chipko movement is concerned with the conservation of forests and not with the production of new breeds of plants.
2. Its main focus is on forest protection and automatically the new breeds of plants will grow.

Option C:

1. The Chipko movement is an ecological movement and not a zoological survey of India.
2. This movement is related to trees, not animals.

Final answer: The Chipko Andolan is concerned with the conservation of forests.