The Chipko movement, in which women hugged trees to prevent them from being cut, had its beginnings in which area?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → The hill villages of Uttarakhand
Option (1) The forest villages of Jharkhand — Incorrect. The forest villages of Jharkhand are a different region. The tree-hugging movement is placed in the hills of Uttarakhand.
Option (2) The desert villages of Rajasthan — Incorrect. Desert villages have little forest cover to protect. Chipko grew out of the forest crisis of the mountains, where deforestation is a big problem.
Option (3) The hill villages of Uttarakhand — Correct. Chipko, where women hugged trees to stop them being cut, began in the hill villages of Uttarakhand. Here women depend on forests for firewood and fodder and fight deforestation.
Option (4) The Western Ghats of Karnataka — Incorrect. The Western Ghats of Karnataka saw the later Appiko movement, which borrowed the tree-hugging idea. Chipko itself began in the Uttarakhand hills.
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