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GK QUESTION#2779

Which of the following methods was used by the villagers during the Chipko Movement?

  1. AViolent protests
  2. BHugging trees to prevent cuttingCorrect answer
  3. CFiling lawsuits against companies
  4. DBurning forest areas
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B. Hugging trees to prevent cutting

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Villagers hugged trees and stood between them and woodcutters’ axes to prevent felling. This non-violent resistance, prominently involving rural women, was a characteristic method of the Chipko Movement in northern India during the 1970s.

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