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Topic Environmental movements
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 2 years (2023–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in GEO — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 2 years (2023–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CBI 2023 → GEO 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
GEO2025
'Appiko Movement' for protecting the trees by hugging them began in which of the following States?
- A Maharashtra
- B Madhya Pradesh
- C Karnataka ✓
- D Rajasthan
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Environment & Ecology › Environmental Governance & Law
CBI2023
Which of the following statements about the Chipko Movement is/are correct?
- It was opposed to the commercial felling of trees in hill areas
- It was a non-violent movement
- It supported construction of dams in hilly regions
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- A 1 and 2 only ✓
- B 1, 2 and 3
- C 2 and 3 only
- D 1 only
✓ Correct answer: (A)
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