Home / Topic / Environmental movement
Topic Environmental movement
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 1 years (2024–2024)
Across exams
CSE · 1GEO · 1How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
Ideas UPSC tests alongside this one — keep exploring.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
GEO2024
The Chipko Movement was initiated under the leadership of Sunderlal Bahuguna around the year :
- A 1951
- B 1971 ✓
- C 1981
- D 1991
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Environment & Ecology › Environmental Governance & Law
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)
Study how UPSC repeats — not just the papers
₹199 / 1 year · Founding Member
Full access unlocks the three things no PYQ PDF gives you:
① Cross-exam learning — see the same idea recur across CSE, CAPF, CDS and NDA.
② Topic evolution — how each idea is framed, year by year.
③ Question intelligence — every PYQ + answer, linked to related concepts and similar questions.
e.g. Round Table Conference: CDS 2017 → CSE 2017 → … → CAPF 2024
15 days free, no card required — then ₹199 for 1 year.
Start your 15-day free trial →