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Event Chipko Movement
Asked 3 times across 3 UPSC exams over 3 years (2022–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 2 years (2022–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CISF 2022 → CDS 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 3) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2025
Consider the following social movements
- Chipko Movement
- Bardoli Satyagraha
- Satyashodhak Samaj
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order (starting with the earliest) of the launch of the above social movements ?
- A 2, 1, 3
- B 3, 1, 2
- C 3, 2, 1
- D 1, 2, 3
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CISF2022
The Chipko Movement is related to which one of the following issues ?
- A Land rights of tribals
- B Commercial logging ✓
- C Atrocities against Dalits
- D Rights of farmers
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Environment & Ecology › Biodiversity & Conservation
CSE
"Chipko movement" in Uttar Pradesh relates to
- A Prevention of felling green trees ✓
- B Prevention of felling of old trees by unauthorised persons
- C Prevention of felling of dead trees by governmental agencies
- D Planting trees on private plots
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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