UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Infighting kills third Kaziranga tiger within a fortnight
Q1. With reference to India's tiger conservation framework, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) functions as a statutory body under which one of the following Union Ministries?
- A. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- B. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- C. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
- D. Ministry of Earth Sciences
Q2. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) derives its statutory status from which one of the following legislative provisions?
- A. A standalone National Tiger Conservation Authority Act, 2005
- B. Chapter IV B inserted into the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 by the Amendment Act of 2006
- C. A notification under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- D. The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 as amended in 2003
Q3. As per the 2024 tiger estimation in Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, which one of the following Wildlife Divisions recorded the largest tiger population?
- A. Biswanath Wildlife Division
- B. Nagaon Wildlife Division
- C. Eastern Assam Wildlife Division
- D. Karbi Anglong Wildlife Division
Q4. With reference to the 2024 All India Tiger Estimation cycle as compared with the 2022 cycle in Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, consider the following statements:
1. Kaziranga's tiger count rose from 104 in 2022 to 148 in 2024.
2. The Biswanath Wildlife Division was brought under camera-trap sampling for the first time in the 2024 cycle.
3. With its 2024 tiger density, Kaziranga overtook both Bandipur and Corbett to rank first globally in tiger density.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Kaziranga's tiger count rose from 104 in 2022 to 148 in 2024.
- The Biswanath Wildlife Division was brought under camera-trap sampling for the first time in the 2024 cycle.
- With its 2024 tiger density, Kaziranga overtook both Bandipur and Corbett to rank first globally in tiger density.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3