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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which state is going to plant five crore trees at 6, 500 sites in 24 hours
A
Uttar Pradesh
B
Telangana
C
Haryana
D
Gujarat
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As part of the reforestation initiative, 800, 000 volunteers in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh set a new world record: they planted 50.4 million trees in just 24 hours. The previous world record, set by Pakistan in 2013, was 847, 275 trees.

Detailed explanation-2: -Meet Daripalli Ramaiah, popularly known as “Chettu (tree) Ramaiah” or “Vanajeevi (forester) Ramaiah, who single-handedly planted over one crore trees during the last five decades.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kolkata: 1, 000 trees planted in 5 months in New Town ‘green revolution’ Biswajit Majumder, an engineer and resident of Eastern High complex and one of the founder members of ‘Ecologic’ said the initiative, which will continue, had started as a student leadership project involving school students and other residents.

Detailed explanation-4: -A 23-year-old tree planter from Quebec set a new world record by planting 23, 060 trees in 24 hours. Antoine Moses says he can plant 16 trees per minute, or one every 3.75 seconds.. So happy to see such peoples.. atleast 1 tree if we all plant for a week, all our climate issues will be solved..

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