2011 · Q13
Which of the following statements regarding Chipko Movement is/are correct?
- 1Chipko Movement took place in the early 1970s against the introduction of commercial forestry.
- 2Chipko refers to a single movement and not a collective of several movements.
- 3Chipko did not begin as a movement for conservation but primarily as an economic struggle, the root of which lay in rural and peasant protests.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
history-of-indiapeasant-movements
- AOnly 1
- B1 and 3
- COnly 2
- D1 and 2
Explanation
Chipko began in the early 1970s opposing commercial forestry and is treated as a single movement; it was rooted in rural peasant protest over economic rights, making statements 1 and 2 correct per the key.