UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — National Workshop on “Tiger Reintroduction: Opportunities & Challenges” Concludes in Alwar, Rajasthan
Q1. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which operationalises Project Tiger and the national tiger reintroduction protocol, functions 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
Q2. The National Tiger Conservation Authority was constituted as a statutory body under which one of the following laws?
- A. The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
- B. The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- C. The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
- D. The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
Q3. In India's first structured tiger reintroduction at Sariska Tiger Reserve (2008-09), how many tigers were translocated from Ranthambore?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Five
- D. Seven
Q4. Which one of the following was independent India's first tiger reserve to undergo a structured tiger reintroduction after losing its entire tiger population to poaching?
- A. Sariska Tiger Reserve
- B. Panna Tiger Reserve
- C. Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
- D. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
Q5. With reference to the All India Tiger Estimation 2022, consider the following:
1. Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest tiger population among the States.
2. Karnataka recorded the second-highest tiger population.
3. Maharashtra recorded the third-highest tiger population.
4. The all-India tiger estimate was 3,682.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest tiger population among the States.
- Karnataka recorded the second-highest tiger population.
- Maharashtra recorded the third-highest tiger population.
- The all-India tiger estimate was 3,682.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1, 2 and 3
- C. 1, 2 and 4
- D. 2, 3 and 4
Q6. The All India Tiger Estimation, the quadrennial census that produced the 2022 figure, is spearheaded by which one of the following bodies?
- A. National Tiger Conservation Authority
- B. Wildlife Institute of India
- C. Zoological Survey of India
- D. Botanical Survey of India
Q7. With reference to the NTCA's Standard Operating Protocol on tiger reintroduction and supplementation, consider the following statements:
1. The SOP was released at the 20th meeting of the NTCA in April 2022.
2. 'Supplementation' refers to adding tigers to an existing but depleted population, whereas 'reintroduction' re-establishes a population where tigers have become locally extinct.
3. The 2008 Sariska exercise is an example of supplementation rather than reintroduction.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The SOP was released at the 20th meeting of the NTCA in April 2022.
- 'Supplementation' refers to adding tigers to an existing but depleted population, whereas 'reintroduction' re-establishes a population where tigers have become locally extinct.
- The 2008 Sariska exercise is an example of supplementation rather than reintroduction.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q8. The Standard Operating Protocol for reintroduction and supplementation of tigers in the wild was released at which one of the following meetings of the National Tiger Conservation Authority?
- A. 20th NTCA meeting (April 2022)
- B. 19th NTCA meeting
- C. 21st NTCA meeting
- D. 18th NTCA meeting
Q9. Project Tiger, launched in 1973, is most accurately described as which one of the following?
- A. A Centrally Sponsored Scheme for in-situ conservation of tigers
- B. A statutory authority created by an amendment to the Wild Life (Protection) Act
- C. An Act of Parliament dedicated to tiger conservation
- D. An inter-governmental international alliance for big cat conservation
Q10. The mandate of the India-led International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) covers the conservation of how many big cat species?
- A. Five
- B. Seven
- C. Nine
- D. Four
Q11. The scientific recovery plans for tiger reintroduction in India (as implemented at Sariska and Panna) are formulated by the NTCA in collaboration with which one of the following institutions?
- A. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun
- B. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata
- C. Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
- D. Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore
Q12. Which one of the following is the largest tiger reserve in India by area?
- A. Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve
- B. Sundarbans Tiger Reserve
- C. Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve
- D. Manas Tiger Reserve