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Which chief minister's committee ruled for the Chipko villagers?Read the answer and worked solution →Against which social evil did women in the Chipko agitation hold sustained protests?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Chipko villagers demand about forest contracts?Read the answer and worked solution →How were the hill women in the Chipko movement described as activists?Read the answer and worked solution →The name Bishnoi is believed to come from bis and nau, meaning which number?Read the answer and worked solution →Who established the 29 principles followed by the Bishnoi community?Read the answer and worked solution →In which desert region is the Bishnoi community found?Read the answer and worked solution →What do we call anything in our environment that can satisfy our needs?Read the answer and worked solution →Which condition is NOT part of the definition of a resource?Read the answer and worked solution →Human beings themselves are described as which part of resources?Read the answer and worked solution →On what basis are resources classed as renewable or non-renewable?Read the answer and worked solution →What does sustainable economic development mean?Read the answer and worked solution →How many heads of states met in Rio de Janeiro for the first International Earth Summit in 1992?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1992 declaration by world leaders aims at global sustainable development?Read the answer and worked solution →Which states are rich in minerals and coal deposits?Read the answer and worked solution →Which state is well endowed with solar and wind energy but lacks water resources?Read the answer and worked solution →Which cold desert is deficient in water, infrastructure and some vital minerals?Read the answer and worked solution →Which step of resource planning involves surveying and mapping resources?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can a region rich in resources remain economically backward?Read the answer and worked solution →What mainly attracted foreign invaders to colonies in history?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader said there is enough for everybody's need and not for anybody's greed?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the Club of Rome first advocate resource conservation in a systematic way?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1987 body introduced sustainable development?Read the answer and worked solution →Which land use category includes roads, buildings and factories?Read the answer and worked solution →Land left without cultivation for one agricultural year or less is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Culturable waste land is left uncultivated for more than how many agricultural years?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the physical extent of land on which crops are sown and harvested called?Read the answer and worked solution →Area sown more than once in a year, added to net sown area, gives which total?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a physical factor that influences land use?Read the answer and worked solution →Which human factor affects how land gets used?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which chief minister's committee ruled for the Chipko villagers?

  1. Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
  2. Kalyan Singh Rawat
  3. Narayan Dutt Tiwari
  4. Sundar Lal Mehta
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Correct answer: A. Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna

Chief Minister Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna set up a committee that eventually ruled in favour of the villagers.

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Against which social evil did women in the Chipko agitation hold sustained protests?

  1. Dowry
  2. Illiteracy
  3. Alcoholism
  4. Begging
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Correct answer: C. Alcoholism

Women held sustained agitations against alcoholism, since forest contractors often supplied alcohol to men.

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What did Chipko villagers demand about forest contracts?

  1. Contracts only for big loggers
  2. More contracts for city firms
  3. No contracts given to outsiders
  4. Contracts paid in gold coins
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Correct answer: C. No contracts given to outsiders

The villagers demanded that no forest-exploiting contracts should be given to outsiders.

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