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Every year, a month long ecologically important campaign/festival is held during which certain communities/tribes plant samplings of fruit-bearing trees. Which of the following are such communities/tribes

Every year, a month long ecologically important campaign/festival is held during which certain communities/tribes plant samplings of fruit-bearing trees. Which of the following are such communities/tribes?

(a)

Bhutia and Lepcha

(b)

Gond and Korku

(c)

Irula and Toda

(d)

Sahariya and Agariya

Answer:

(b)

Core Books/NCERT

Explanation

Statement 2 (Gond) is correct: The Gonds of central India (Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha) celebrate a festival where they plant fruit-bearing trees as part of their traditional conservation practices