EXERCISE:- 2
◆ Write a short note focusing on the questions:
★ Chipko Movement
QUES:
(1) What is 'Chipko Movement ?
(2) Which circumstances led the people to start "Chipko Movement' ?
(3 ) What did people do in this movement ?
(4) What were the results of 'Chipko Movement ?
(5 ) What inspiration did the village people seek from this movement ?
Ans:
• The forests of Tehri Gadhwal were exploited to supply timber for the expanding railway network in the plants and other purposes.
• The village people were deprived of their basic needs like fuel, fodder,
and water.
• Therefore, in 1930, they began 'Satyagraha' against the oppressive forest laws. A large number of people sacrificed themselves protesting against the forest laws.
• Then the people of that region started Chipko Movement to save the forests.
• The men women and children embraced the trees when they came to cut the trees.
• They did not allow them to do any harm to the trees as they were
emotionally attached to them.
• It was popularly known as "Chipko Movement".
• The movement saved the green forest and protected the environment
• The village women have now started to manage and protect local forests.
EXERCISE : 3
◆ Tick mark True or False against the following statements:
1.Commercial felling is now banned above a height of
2000m._false.
2. Conservation of forest is our moral duty._true.
3. All the villagers earned their living from forest. ___true.
4. People of Tehri Gadhwal silently accepted new forest policy. ___false.
5. Forest people buy fruits and fire wood from local market._false.
EXERCISE: 4
◆ Find and write the nearest meanings:
1) Indigenous – Slope, Spring, Vital, native.
2) Compassion –pity and sympathy, Slope, Spring, Vital
3) Vital – important ,Lash , Slope, Spring,
4) Consumption – slope ,use, vital,cut
5) Domestic – consumption, denial, household, important
Ans:-
1) native
2) pity and sympathy
3) important
4) use
5) household
6) Fodder – dried grass ,
7) Significant – important ,
8) Contradiction- denial,
9) Oppressive-unjust,
10) Fell - cut,
11) Degraded- reduced,
12) Vigilant - watchful,
13) Scarcity -shortage,
14)Conflict - struggle,
15) exploit -use selflessly
EXERCISE:5
◆ Read the extract and answer the questions:
★ Since time began, the natural broad -leaved forests of the Himalayas have played a
significant role in the life of the people of Uttar Pradesh. In fact, the forests are the
foundation of the whole economy of the hill villages. Green leaves and grass, for
example, provide fodder for the animals, whose dung is used as fertilizer for the croplands. Dry twigs and branches are the only source of domestic cooking fuel. The forests also provide large supplies of fruits, edible nuts, fibers and herbs for local consumption.
1. What kind of forests grow in the Himalayas?
Ans:- The natural broad -leaved forests grow in the Himalayas.
2. How can you say that the forests are the foundation of the whole economy of the hill villages?
Ans:- We can say that the forests are the foundation of the whole economy of the hill villages because they provide fodder for the animals, dry twigs and branches as domestic cooking fuel.The forests also provide large supplies of fruits, edible nuts, fibers and herbs for local consumption.
3. What do the forests provide to the people for local consumption?
Ans: The forests provide large supplies of fruits, edible nuts, fibers and herbs to the people for local consumption.
4. What is used as a fertilizer?
Ans: The dung of the animals is used as a fertilizer.
★. Europeans in Mussourie wanted cultivation of new food crops like potatoes, leading to large-scale clearing of mixed oak forests. 'There was dearly a contradiction between the village people's basic needs, and the requirements of the state to earn money. In 1930, the people of Tehri-Gadhwal began a non-cooperation movement called
satyagrah a form of peaceful
resistance to obtain justice in opposition to the oppressive forest laws.
5. Which crops did Europeans want to cultivate in Mussourie?
Ans: Europeans wanted to cultivate new food crops like potatoes in Mussourie.
6. What was the purpose of non-cooperation movement?
Ans: purpose of non-cooperation movement was to obtain justice in opposition to the oppressive forest laws.
7. When and where did the movement begin?
Ans: The movement began in Tehri-Gadhwal in 1930.
8. What kind of movement was ‘satyagrah’?
Ans: ‘satyagrah’ is a non cooperation movement. It is a form of peaceful resistance to obtain justice in opposition to injustice.
9. Why did the people begin ‘satyagrah’?
Ans: The people began ‘satyagrah’ to obtain justice in opposition to the oppressive forest laws.
★. In 1980, for example, the Mahila Mangal Dal agreed to help the Forest Department in tree planting. They dug 15,000 pits, but then they found that the Department was only interested in planting poplars. The women refused to allow the planting of the poplar, which is a foreign commercial tree. Instead, they forced the Forest Department to plant different kinds of indigenous fodder trees that would benefit them directly.
10.What was the name of women’s unit?
Ans: The name of women’s unit was 'the Mahila Mangal Dal' .
11.How many pits did the women dig for tree planting?
Ans: The women dug 15,000 pits for tree planting.
12.Why did the women refuse to allow the planting of the poplar trees?
Ans: The women refused to allow the planting of the poplar trees because they were foreign commercial tree which were not useful the local villagers directly.
13.What did the MMD force to the Forest Department?
Ans: The MMD forced the Forest Department to plant different kinds of indigenous fodder trees that would benefit them directly.
14.Which is a foreign commercial tree?
Ans: The poplar is a foreign commercial tree.
15.What was the forest department fond of planting?
Ans: The forest department was fond of planting poplars.
★. Thus the natural forests are now regenerating in the hilly areas in many parts of Uttar Pradesh. In addition to supporting local
agriculture and animal husbandry, the regenerated forests have reduced the intensity of floods and soil erosion, and have ensured a permanent water supply.
16.Where are the natural forests regenerating?
Ans: The natural forests are regenerating in the hilly areas of Uttar Pradesh.
17.What are the effects of the forests regeneration?
Ans: The regenerated forests have reduced the intensity of floods and soil erosion, and have ensured a permanent water supply. They also support local agriculture and animal husbandry.
EXERCISE: 6
◆ Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words given in the brackets:
(Significant, economy, foundation)
Since time began, the natural broad leaved forests of the Himalayas have played a ____1____role in the life of the people of Uttar Pradesh. In fact, the forests are the ______ of the whole ______ of the hill villages.
Ans:
7) Significant – important ,
8) Contradiction- denial,
9) Oppressive-unjust,
10) Fell - cut,
11) Degraded- reduced,
12) Vigilant - watchful,
13) Scarcity -shortage,
14)Conflict - struggle,
15) exploit -use selflessly
EXERCISE:5
◆ Read the extract and answer the questions:
★ Since time began, the natural broad -leaved forests of the Himalayas have played a
significant role in the life of the people of Uttar Pradesh. In fact, the forests are the
foundation of the whole economy of the hill villages. Green leaves and grass, for
example, provide fodder for the animals, whose dung is used as fertilizer for the croplands. Dry twigs and branches are the only source of domestic cooking fuel. The forests also provide large supplies of fruits, edible nuts, fibers and herbs for local consumption.
1. What kind of forests grow in the Himalayas?
Ans:- The natural broad -leaved forests grow in the Himalayas.
2. How can you say that the forests are the foundation of the whole economy of the hill villages?
Ans:- We can say that the forests are the foundation of the whole economy of the hill villages because they provide fodder for the animals, dry twigs and branches as domestic cooking fuel.The forests also provide large supplies of fruits, edible nuts, fibers and herbs for local consumption.
3. What do the forests provide to the people for local consumption?
Ans: The forests provide large supplies of fruits, edible nuts, fibers and herbs to the people for local consumption.
4. What is used as a fertilizer?
Ans: The dung of the animals is used as a fertilizer.
★. Europeans in Mussourie wanted cultivation of new food crops like potatoes, leading to large-scale clearing of mixed oak forests. 'There was dearly a contradiction between the village people's basic needs, and the requirements of the state to earn money. In 1930, the people of Tehri-Gadhwal began a non-cooperation movement called
satyagrah a form of peaceful
resistance to obtain justice in opposition to the oppressive forest laws.
5. Which crops did Europeans want to cultivate in Mussourie?
Ans: Europeans wanted to cultivate new food crops like potatoes in Mussourie.
6. What was the purpose of non-cooperation movement?
Ans: purpose of non-cooperation movement was to obtain justice in opposition to the oppressive forest laws.
7. When and where did the movement begin?
Ans: The movement began in Tehri-Gadhwal in 1930.
8. What kind of movement was ‘satyagrah’?
Ans: ‘satyagrah’ is a non cooperation movement. It is a form of peaceful resistance to obtain justice in opposition to injustice.
9. Why did the people begin ‘satyagrah’?
Ans: The people began ‘satyagrah’ to obtain justice in opposition to the oppressive forest laws.
★. In 1980, for example, the Mahila Mangal Dal agreed to help the Forest Department in tree planting. They dug 15,000 pits, but then they found that the Department was only interested in planting poplars. The women refused to allow the planting of the poplar, which is a foreign commercial tree. Instead, they forced the Forest Department to plant different kinds of indigenous fodder trees that would benefit them directly.
10.What was the name of women’s unit?
Ans: The name of women’s unit was 'the Mahila Mangal Dal' .
11.How many pits did the women dig for tree planting?
Ans: The women dug 15,000 pits for tree planting.
12.Why did the women refuse to allow the planting of the poplar trees?
Ans: The women refused to allow the planting of the poplar trees because they were foreign commercial tree which were not useful the local villagers directly.
13.What did the MMD force to the Forest Department?
Ans: The MMD forced the Forest Department to plant different kinds of indigenous fodder trees that would benefit them directly.
14.Which is a foreign commercial tree?
Ans: The poplar is a foreign commercial tree.
15.What was the forest department fond of planting?
Ans: The forest department was fond of planting poplars.
★. Thus the natural forests are now regenerating in the hilly areas in many parts of Uttar Pradesh. In addition to supporting local
agriculture and animal husbandry, the regenerated forests have reduced the intensity of floods and soil erosion, and have ensured a permanent water supply.
16.Where are the natural forests regenerating?
Ans: The natural forests are regenerating in the hilly areas of Uttar Pradesh.
17.What are the effects of the forests regeneration?
Ans: The regenerated forests have reduced the intensity of floods and soil erosion, and have ensured a permanent water supply. They also support local agriculture and animal husbandry.
EXERCISE: 6
◆ Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words given in the brackets:
(Significant, economy, foundation)
Since time began, the natural broad leaved forests of the Himalayas have played a ____1____role in the life of the people of Uttar Pradesh. In fact, the forests are the ______ of the whole ______ of the hill villages.
Ans:
1) Significant
2)foundation
3) economy.
(saws, notice, embracing)
Look at the picture. What do you _____? There are some men, women and children _______ the trees. The two men are with _____ in their hands.
Ans:-
(saws, notice, embracing)
Look at the picture. What do you _____? There are some men, women and children _______ the trees. The two men are with _____ in their hands.
Ans:-
1) notice
2)embracing
3)saws
(compassion, fundamental, conservation)
________ of water is our moral duty. Our constitution now reads, “It is
every citizen’s ________duty to conserve and thereby improve forests,
lakes, rivers, environment, along with wildlife, and also to have ______
towards organisms.”
Ans:-
(compassion, fundamental, conservation)
________ of water is our moral duty. Our constitution now reads, “It is
every citizen’s ________duty to conserve and thereby improve forests,
lakes, rivers, environment, along with wildlife, and also to have ______
towards organisms.”
Ans:-
1) conservation
2)fundamental
3) compassion
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