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UPPSC 2012 GS-1 Environment & Ecology
Question

"Chipko" movement was basically against

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Option C: Deforestation

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Deforestation”.
The Chipko movement is a non-violent forest conservation movement in India that began in the 1970s in response to the government's deforestation policies and commercial logging.

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As an ecosystem, wetlands are useful for which of the following?
  1. A) For nutrient recovery and cycling
  2. B) For releasing heavy metals through absorption by plants
  3. C) In reducing siltation of rivers by retaining sediments
  4. D) All the above
India’s share in the World Green Houses gases is:
  1. A) 1%
  2. B) 2%
  3. C) 3%
  4. D) 5%
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A. Gurumahisam - 1. Lead
B. Talchar - 2. Uranium
C. Jaduguda - 3. Iron ore
D. Zavar - 4. Coal

A B C D
  1. A) 3 4 2 1
  2. B) 3 2 1 4
  3. C) 2 4 3 1
  4. D) 1 2 3 4
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  2. B) Karl Marx
  3. C) Rachel Carson
  4. D) Rajgopalan
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  1. A) Puffballs
  2. B) Algae
  3. C) Lichen
  4. D) Moss
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  2. B) Plants only
  3. C) Animals only
  4. D) Carnivorous animals
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  2. B) Thaksin Shinawatra
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  2. B) 0.7 degree Celsius
  3. C) 0.8 degree Celsius
  4. D) 0.9 degree Celsius
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  2. B) Inverted 'V' shaped
  3. C) Onverted 'L' shaped
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  2. B) Gulf of Mannar
  3. C) Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay)
  4. D) Gulf of Kutch
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  2. B) Mineral oil and gas
  3. C) Hydro-electncity
  4. D) Atomic energy
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  2. B) Rivers
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