UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — PARLIAMENT QUESTION: POPULATION OF ASIATIC LIONS IN GIR FORESTS

Q1. The 16th Lion Population Estimation (2025), which reported 891 Asiatic lions, was conducted primarily by which one of the following?

  • A. The State of Gujarat (Gujarat Forest Department)
  • B. The Wildlife Institute of India
  • C. The National Tiger Conservation Authority
  • D. The Zoological Survey of India

Q2. Under which one of the following Schedules of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is the Asiatic lion granted the highest degree of legal protection?

  • A. Schedule I
  • B. Schedule II
  • C. Schedule III
  • D. Schedule IV

Q3. The day-to-day management and protection of the Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is carried out by which one of the following?

  • A. Gujarat Forest Department
  • B. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  • C. National Tiger Conservation Authority
  • D. Wildlife Institute of India

Q4. Which one of the following was the most recent area to be naturally recolonised by Asiatic lions, hosting a resident population of about 17 lions by 2025?

  • A. Barda Wildlife Sanctuary
  • B. Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary
  • C. Mitiyala Wildlife Sanctuary
  • D. Pania Wildlife Sanctuary

Q5. Which one of the following is the ten-year initiative, with an outlay of about ₹2,927.71 crore, dedicated to securing the future of the Asiatic lion?

  • A. Project Lion
  • B. Asiatic Lion Conservation Project
  • C. Project Tiger
  • D. Project Cheetah

Q6. The 'Asiatic Lion Conservation Project' launched by the MoEFCC in 2018 was sanctioned with a central-government share of about:

  • A. ₹97.85 crore, to be spent over three years
  • B. ₹2,927.71 crore, to be spent over ten years
  • C. ₹500 crore, to be spent over five years
  • D. ₹47.85 crore, to be spent over three years

Q7. Which Ministry of the Government of India is the nodal ministry implementing Asiatic lion conservation in partnership with the State of Gujarat?

  • 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

Q8. Which one of the following was the world's first-ever intercontinental translocation of a large carnivore, undertaken in India in 2022?

  • A. Project Cheetah (Kuno National Park)
  • B. Project Lion
  • C. Project Tiger
  • D. Asiatic Lion Conservation Project