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Villagers in early 1973 hugged trees to stop commercial logging. In which present-day State did this begin?Read the answer and worked solution →The forest department refused villagers ash trees for farm tools but gave the plot to whom?Read the answer and worked solution →After Chipko, the government banned tree felling in the Himalayan regions for how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →Women in Chipko also campaigned against alcoholism. Who usually supplied liquor to the men?Read the answer and worked solution →Peasants in the Telangana region demanded land redistribution early after independence under which parties' leadership?Read the answer and worked solution →Dalit Panthers, a militant organisation of Dalit youth, was formed in 1972 in which State?Read the answer and worked solution →Sustained Dalit agitation led to a comprehensive law against atrocities in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In January 1988 about twenty thousand farmers camped for three weeks in which city against electricity rate hikes?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bharatiya Kisan Union drew its members mainly from which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Maharashtra farmers' body called the movement a war of Bharat against India?Read the answer and worked solution →Rayata Sangha is a farmers' organisation of which State?Read the answer and worked solution →The National Fishworkers' Forum won its first legal battle against the Union government in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Women who joined an adult literacy drive in Dubagunta village started which movement?Read the answer and worked solution →How many times were arrack auctions in Nellore district postponed during the movement?Read the answer and worked solution →Which constitutional amendments gave women reservations in local bodies?Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada valley project planned how many big dams?Read the answer and worked solution →Sardar Sarovar is in Gujarat. The Narmada Sagar Project is in which State?Read the answer and worked solution →How many villages were expected to be submerged by the Sardar Sarovar dam?Read the answer and worked solution →Narmada Bachao Andolan crystallised as a movement around which years?Read the answer and worked solution →The National Rehabilitation Policy, seen as an NBA achievement, was framed in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Right to Information Bill received presidential assent in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the movementsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the farmer bodiesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the movement yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the movement bodiesRead the answer and worked solution →Which movementRead the answer and worked solution →Movement to StateRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Movements bingoRead the answer and worked solution →How many refugees came into India from Pakistan as a result of Partition?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Villagers in early 1973 hugged trees to stop commercial logging. In which present-day State did this begin?

  1. Uttarakhand
  2. Himachal
  3. Sikkim state
  4. Meghalaya
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Correct answer: A. Uttarakhand

1. The Chipko movement began in two or three villages. 2. They are in what is now Uttarakhand. 3. Chipko means to hug or cling. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 7, Rise of Popular Movements._

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The forest department refused villagers ash trees for farm tools but gave the plot to whom?

  1. A tea estate owner
  2. A sports goods maker
  3. A paper mill owner
  4. A railway contractor
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Correct answer: B. A sports goods maker

1. Villagers wanted ash trees for agricultural tools. 2. The same patch went to a sports manufacturer. 3. This sparked the Chipko protest. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 7, Rise of Popular Movements._

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After Chipko, the government banned tree felling in the Himalayan regions for how many years?

  1. Fifteen years
  2. Five years
  3. Fifty years
  4. Three years
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Correct answer: A. Fifteen years

1. The ban ran until the green cover was restored. 2. It lasted fifteen years. 3. Chipko became a symbol for later movements. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 7, Rise of Popular Movements._

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