UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Tigers find a safe perch in Pench

Q1. Which one of the following tiger reserves recently scored the highest in the Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves (MEETR) released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority?

  • A. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
  • B. Kanha Tiger Reserve
  • C. Pench Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh)
  • D. Satpura Tiger Reserve

Q2. As of the notification of Madhav National Park in March 2025, what is the total number of notified tiger reserves in India?

  • A. 54
  • B. 56
  • C. 57
  • D. 58

Q3. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which administers Project Tiger at reserves such as Pench, functions exclusively under which one of the following Union Ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  • B. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
  • C. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
  • D. Ministry of Earth Sciences

Q4. The National Tiger Conservation Authority, the statutory body that supervises tiger reserves like Pench, was constituted by an amendment to which one of the following Acts?

  • A. Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
  • B. Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
  • C. Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
  • D. Biological Diversity Act, 2002

Q5. In the context of tiger conservation, the 'Tx2 Award' — recently conferred on Pench Tiger Reserve — recognises which one of the following achievements?

  • A. Doubling of the notified core area of a tiger reserve within a decade
  • B. Doubling of the wild tiger population of a reserve since the 2010 St. Petersburg commitment
  • C. Halving of human-tiger conflict mortalities in a single census cycle
  • D. Successful translocation of at least two breeding tigresses to a new habitat