UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Kaziranga National Park records 30 raptor and six stork species in a rapid bird survey

Question 1

The rapid raptor and stork survey at Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, whose findings were released on World Environment Day 2026, was conducted by the Reserve authority in collaboration with which one of the following institutions?

Accepted Answer

Gauhati University

Answer

Bombay Natural History Society

Answer

Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

Answer

Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History

Question 2

How many species of storks were documented in the rapid bird survey of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, the results of which were released in June 2026?

Accepted Answer

Six

Answer

Four

Answer

Eight

Answer

Twenty

Question 3

Which one of the following species emerged as the most abundant stork recorded during the February–March 2026 rapid bird survey at Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve?

Accepted Answer

Asian Openbill

Answer

Greater Adjutant

Answer

Lesser Adjutant

Answer

Black-necked Stork

Question 4

In the context of the avian biogeography of Kaziranga, which is described as lying at the junction of the Australasian and Indo-Asian flyways, the term 'flyway' is best defined as which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A regularly used broad geographical migratory route along which birds travel between their breeding and non-breeding areas

Answer

A statutorily notified ecological corridor under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 reserved exclusively for raptors

Answer

An IUCN habitat category covering grasslands and floodplains critical for stork conservation

Answer

A Ramsar-designated transboundary wetland network used by waterbirds during the boreal winter

Question 5

With reference to the rapid bird survey of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve whose findings were released in June 2026, consider the following statements:
1. Of the 112 raptor species reported from India, the 2026 Kaziranga rapid survey documented 30 species within the park.
2. All eight stork species recorded from India also occur in Assam, of which the 2026 Kaziranga survey reported six species.
3. The survey covered the East Assam, Biswanath and Nagaon Wildlife Divisions of the Kaziranga Tiger Reserve.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 3

Answer

1 and 2 only

Answer

2 and 3 only

Answer

1 and 3 only

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Kaziranga National Park records 30 raptor and six stork species in a rapid bird survey

Q1. The rapid raptor and stork survey at Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, whose findings were released on World Environment Day 2026, was conducted by the Reserve authority in collaboration with which one of the following institutions?

Q2. How many species of storks were documented in the rapid bird survey of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, the results of which were released in June 2026?

Q3. Which one of the following species emerged as the most abundant stork recorded during the February–March 2026 rapid bird survey at Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve?

Q4. In the context of the avian biogeography of Kaziranga, which is described as lying at the junction of the Australasian and Indo-Asian flyways, the term 'flyway' is best defined as which one of the following?