UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Co-existing with tigers outside reserves

Q1. The National Tiger Conservation Authority's 'Management of Tigers Outside Tiger Reserves' initiative is built primarily around which one of the following as its principal unit of planning and intervention?

  • A. Critical tiger habitats notified as core areas of tiger reserves under the parent Act
  • B. Eco-sensitive zones notified around protected area boundaries under environmental law
  • C. Territorial forest divisions lying outside notified tiger reserve boundaries
  • D. Conservation reserves declared by State governments over government-owned land

Q2. Which one of the following bodies operationalises the 'Management of Tigers Outside Tiger Reserves' initiative in India?

  • A. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, a statutory body under the same Union Ministry
  • B. The National Tiger Conservation Authority, a statutory body under the same Ministry
  • C. The Wildlife Institute of India, an autonomous institute under the same Union Ministry
  • D. The National Board for Wildlife, an apex advisory body chaired by the Prime Minister

Q3. The mandate of the National Tiger Conservation Authority to provide for periodic evaluation and assessment of the status of tigers, co-predators, prey and habitat flows from which one of the following?

  • A. Section 38-O of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
  • B. Section 38-V of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
  • C. Section 5A of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
  • D. Section 36A of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

Q4. The All India Tiger Estimation of 2022 covered how many States of India?

  • A. 17
  • B. 18
  • C. 20
  • D. 23

Q5. Approval of an area expansion of about 1,100 sq km in 2025 made which one of the following India's second largest tiger reserve?

  • A. Manas Tiger Reserve, Assam
  • B. Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh
  • C. Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Andhra Pradesh
  • D. Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, West Bengal

Q6. Of the 667 tiger deaths recorded in India between 2021 and 2025, how many occurred outside tiger reserves?

  • A. 326
  • B. 341
  • C. 634
  • D. 182

Q7. How many laureates were named by the United Nations Environment Programme as Champions of the Earth in 2025?

  • A. Three
  • B. Four
  • C. Five
  • D. Seven

Q8. Approximately what proportion of India's estimated 3,682 tigers inhabits areas outside notified tiger reserves?

  • A. About 15%
  • B. About 30%
  • C. About 45%
  • D. About 55%

Q9. How many elephant corridors have been identified in India, and across how many States do they extend?

  • A. 32 corridors across 15 States
  • B. 33 corridors across 14 States
  • C. 150 corridors across 18 States
  • D. 150 corridors across 15 States