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Questions Related to zoology

The main leader of chipko movement was Pandurang Hegde.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • The main leader of the chipko movement was Sunderlal Bahuguna. The idea of Chipko movement was of his wife and the action was taken by him.
  • Chipko Movement, started in 1970's, was a non-violent movement aimed at protection and conservation of trees and forests from being destroyed. 
  • Hence the main leader of the chipko movement was Pandurang Hegde is a false statement because of the main leader of the chipko movement was Sunderlal Bahuguna.
  • So, the correct answer is 'False'.

"Forestry of the people, by the people and for the people" is

  1. Agroforestry

  2. Social forestry

  3. Urban forestry

  4. all


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is "Forestry of the people, by the people and for the people". It includes raising trees on government owned lands for obtaining food, fodder, wood, fruits etc.

Agroforestry is growing of trees and non-crop plants around agricultural fields
Social forestry - management of barren or open areas by planting trees etc by the people
Urban forestry - planting and maintaining trees by the urban population
These are all managed by the people and the benefits are also reaped by the people
So, the correct answer is 'all'

The Chipko movement started from

  1. Reni in Garhwal

  2. Arborio forest

  3. Khejrali village

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Chipko movement originated from an incident in a remote village called Reni in Garhwal, high-up in the Himalayas during the early 1970s.

Which of the following is not related with Sunderlal Bahuguna?

  1. He started chipko movement.

  2. He was elected to Lok Sabha.

  3. He is an environmentalist.

  4. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan.


Correct Option: B

The pioneer country in the production of fuel alcohol is

  1. Suadi Arabia

  2. Iran and Iraq

  3. Brazil

  4. Japan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sugarcane ethanol is an alcohol-based fuel produced by the fermentation of sugarcane juice and molasses. Because it is a clean, affordable and low-carbon biofuel, sugarcane ethanol has emerged as a leading renewable fuel for the transportation sector. 

Brazil has achieved greater energy security by developing a competitive sugarcane industry and making ethanol a key part of its energy mix. Brazil has replaced almost 40 percent of its gasoline needs with sugarcane ethanol making gasoline the alternative fuel in the country. Brazil is the world's largest sugarcane ethanol producer and a pioneer in using ethanol as a motor fuel. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

Chipco movement is a public agitation that occurred in : 

  1. Mansbal area in Kashmir

  2. Silent valley in Kerala

  3. Sundarban area in Bengal

  4. Tehri Garhwal area of Uttar Pradesh


Correct Option: D

Social forestry is

  1. Planting of different kinds of trees in the same area

  2. Greening of hills with the efforts of common men

  3. Raising trees on common village lands and other vacant areas of fodder, minor timber and fire wood

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Social forestry is management and protection of trees. It includes planting trees in barren lands and deforested lands for social, environmental and rural development. Basically social forestry is an approach for conservation of forests. It involves planting tress on unused land. Afforestation can promote development of rural areas as such areas are dependent on fuel wood which can be obtained from natural sources only. To meet the increasing demand of fuel wood over time, afforestation and proper management of trees is necessary.
Hence, none of the given options is correct for social forestry.
So, the correct answer is 'None of the above'

Social Forestry Programme was adopted in India during

  1. 1961

  2. 1971

  3. 1976

  4. 1986


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Social Forestry Programme was adopted in India during 1961. It is concerned with taking the pressure off currently existing forests by planting trees on all unused and fallow land. It aims at management and protection of forests and afforestation on barren lands with the purpose of helping in the environmental, social and rural development.

Thus, the correct answer is '1961.'