Multiple choice

The 'Chipko Movement' is associated with

  1. felling of trees

  2. water harvesting

  3. save the tiger

  4. saving dams
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Explanation

The Chipko Movement was a forest conservation movement where people hugged trees to prevent them from being felled. The name 'Chipko' means 'to hug' or 'to stick' in Hindi. It started in the 1970s in Uttarakhand (then part of Uttar Pradesh).

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