Which of these statements is incorrect regarding the Chipko Movement?

The correct answer is Option (3) → The protest soon spread across many parts of the Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Jharkhand

Option (1) These protests marked a world famous environmental movement in our country — True. The villagers of Uttarakhand who hugged the trees in early 1973 to stop commercial logging began a world-famous environmental movement, the Chipko movement.

Option (2) It was an issue of ecological and economic exploitation of the forest region — True. As the struggle spread, larger issues of ecological and economic exploitation of the region were raised: the villagers demanded that no forest-exploiting contracts be given to outsiders and that local communities control land, water and forests.

Option (3) The protest soon spread across many parts of the Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Jharkhand — False. The movement began in two or three villages of Uttarakhand, and the struggle soon spread across many parts of the Uttarakhand region. Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Jharkhand do not come into it.

Option (4) Women held sustained agitations against the habit of alcoholism — True. The forest contractors of the region usually doubled up as suppliers of alcohol to men, so the women held sustained agitations against alcoholism and broadened the agenda of the movement to other social issues.

Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Rise of Popular Movements’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).