Question

Multiple choice questions (i) Which of these statements is not a valid reason for the depletion of flora and fauna? (a) Agricultural expansion (b) Large scale developmental projects (c) Grazing and fuel wood collection (d) Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation (ii) Which of the following conservation strategies do not directly involve community participation? (a) Joint forest management (b) Beej Bachao Andolan (c) Chipko Movement (d) Demarcation of Wildlife sanctuaries

Answer 1

Answer:

1)AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION

2)CHIPKO MOVEMENT

Answer 2

Answer:

According to the question, an answer is an option "c) Chipko movement". The reason for this answer is because there were many trees were cut down for selling their wood at a good price and earn a lot of profit out of that.

Explanation:

When the pace of cutting down of trees became too fast and in a vast scale, then there was a new movement emerged known as "Chipko movement", in which people used to stand beside trees and hug them, in order to show that they are not going to tolerate any more cut down of trees.