The Chipko movement started in Uttarakhand, this was a movement taken to protect the environment. It started in 1973 in Chamoli district. The farmers of the village fought this movement against the cutting of forests and jungles by state forest contractors. The people of the village wrestled with trees such that the contractors were not able to cut trees. There were several effects of this movement, few of which is given below. Which of the following, if true, would weaken the conclusion about the effects of chipko movement? Correct Answer There were more women in this movement. Option 4 is the correct answer as it is the only statement which does not talk about the effects of chipko movement. The statement tells that there were more number of women in the protest than men. But this does not show any effects thus is to be taken as the correct answer. The other 4 statements talks about the effects of this movement such as a bill was passed to ban cutting of trees, resisted deforestation, trees were planted.