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

Answer: (b) Gond and Korku

The key picks the Gond and Korku tribes of central India for the month-long sapling festival.

The idea

A tree-planting tradition links community life with the renewal of local food and forest resources. Identify the specific community practice rather than assuming that every forest community follows the same festival. Fruit-bearing trees can support both household food and wildlife.

The trap

A current-affairs recall.

Also know

Gond and Korku communities occur in the central Indian and Satpura region. Mahua, tendu and sal are examples of trees whose products support forest livelihoods, but they are not interchangeable with every fruit sapling planted in a local celebration. Community planting complements natural regeneration; sapling survival also needs care.