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Who started the Chipko movement?

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  1. Sunderlal Bahuguna

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Subhash Chandra Bose

  4. Rajiv Gandhi

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sunderlal Bahuguna. 

Chipko Movement, began in the 1970's, was a peaceful development focused on the protection of trees and woods from being decimated. The name of the Chipko movement started from the term embrace as the town people used to embrace the trees and shield them from woodcutters from cutting them.

The Silent valley movement was related to ?

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  1. Cutting of trees

  2. Building of dam

  3. Mining

  4. None

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Save Silent Valley is a social movement launched to protect an evergreen tropical forest in the Palaghat district of Kerala. It started in 1973 to save silent valley reserve forest and stop construction of Dam (Hydroelectric Project) in the Valley. There has been massive environmental debates to save the endangered wildlife having natural habitat in the valley. It was declared as Silent Valley National Park later in 1984.

Which of the following movements were against the cutting of trees ?

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  1. Chipko Movement

  2. Appiko Movement

  3. Silent valley Movement

  4. Both A and B

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Correct Option: D

______________ movements are the scientific movements aimed at preserving the biological system.

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  1. Political

  2. Economic

  3. Environmental

  4. All

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Environment movements are the movements aimed toward the protection of environment, biological system . The environmental movement also including conservation and green politics, is a dissimilar scientific, social, and political movement to address environmental issues. Environmental movement is a type of "social movement that involves an array of persons, groups and coalitions that observe a common interest in environmental protection and act to bring about changes in environmental policies and practices".