Wild life conversation Practice Questions for UPSC and State PSC exams

The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 provides the legal framework for protection of wild animals, birds and plants, and for matters connected therewith.

Launched in 1973 from Jim Corbett, Project Tiger now covers 57 tiger reserves across India.

Hailey National Park was renamed Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand.

Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) survives only in Gir, Gujarat, with about 700 individuals.

Kaziranga holds 70% of world’s Indian one-horned rhinoceros population.

Started in 1992 to protect elephants, their habitats and migration corridors.

Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve spans Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka in Western Ghats.

Reduced from six to four schedules to align with CITES.

Critically endangered, found in Rajasthan’s Desert National Park and Gujarat grasslands.

Largest mangrove forest, home to Royal Bengal Tigers adapted to swim in saline water.

Forest Conservation Act, 1980 requires central approval for non-forest use.

High-altitude Trans-Himalayan regions of Ladakh, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal.

NTCA in collaboration with Wildlife Institute of India conducts it every four years.

Bharatpur wetland is crucial for migratory birds, a Ramsar and World Heritage Site.

Panthera tigris tigris is listed as Endangered since 2010.

Madhya Pradesh has the most tiger reserves and highest tiger population.

Enacted in 2002 to implement Convention on Biological Diversity.

Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat, established 1982.

Dachigam National Park near Srinagar is its last viable habitat.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species controls cross-border wildlife trade. India joined 1976.

Gahirmatha and Rushikulya coasts in Odisha host world’s largest arribada.

Launched in 2009 for high-altitude ecosystems.

Veterinary diclofenac caused kidney failure in vultures feeding on carcasses.

Only Indian park with four big cats: tiger, leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard.

Little Rann of Kutch Wild Ass Sanctuary, Gujarat.

Absolute protection with highest penalties for hunting/poaching.

Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh received African cheetahs in 2022.

Endemic and endangered primate of the Western Ghats rainforests.

Wildlife Protection Amendment Act, 2006 established NTCA and WCCB.

Located in Kerala, centered around Periyar Lake.

Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh/Telangana is largest at ~3,296 sq km core+buffer.

WCCB established in 2007 under MoEFCC to combat wildlife crime.

Indian one-horned rhinoceros is Assam’s state animal.

Largest population of saltwater crocodiles and mangrove ecosystem.

UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme.

Keibul Lamjao in Manipur, on Loktak Lake, home to sangai deer.

Endemic to Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur, critically endangered.

Indian Forest Act, 1927 consolidated previous forest laws.

Pench Tiger Reserve (MP/Maharashtra) inspired Kipling’s Jungle Book.

Located in Himachal Pradesh, recognized for biodiversity.

Project Dolphin launched 2020 for river and marine dolphins.

Gangetic river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) declared in 2009.

National Chambal Sanctuary across MP, Rajasthan, UP protects gharials.

Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act (CAMPA), 2016.

Endangered mountain goat endemic to Southern Western Ghats (Tamil Nadu/Kerala).

Forest Owlet rediscovered in Maharashtra/Madhya Pradesh forests.

WII is at Dehradun, Uttarakhand, premier wildlife research institute.

Bandhavgarh and Rewa forests of MP had white tiger lineage; now in zoos.

Environment Protection Act 1986, notified by MoEFCC up to 10 km buffer.

Tamil Nadu launched dedicated project for state animal Nilgiri tahr.