On the basis of your reading of te text, select the best option.

1. The name of the movement, 'Chipko', comes from a word meaning.
   1. 'to embrace'
   2. 'to love'
   3. 'to save'
   4. 'to forgive'
2. The forests prevent the mountain from coming tumbling down onto villages as
   1. tree hold the soil.
   2. trees don't let rain fall to ground.
   3. people can live under them.
   4. trees stand between people and hills.
3. The best word to describe Gaura Devi would be
   1. old
   2. brave
   3. poor
   4. widow

Do you think our future depends on how we look after our times? Why do you think so?