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The Chipko movement was initiated to safeguard forests. This movement involved a distinctive method of protest by villagers in the Himalayan region of India during the 1970s and 1980s, opposing widespread tree cutting that threatened their environment. The first protest took place in April 1973, and within five years, it expanded to various hill districts in Uttar Pradesh. By 1980, the movement achieved a fifteen-year prohibition on deforestation in the Himalayan areas.

1. (a) True
2. (b) False
3. (c) Incorrect
4. (d) Not true

Correct answer: (a) True

Solution

The Chipko movement was indeed launched for the protection of forests, and the description provided is accurate. Therefore, the correct answer is (a) Correct.

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