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Environment & EcologyMedium

After the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022, how many schedules does the Act contain?

  1. A.Three
  2. B.Four
  3. C.Five
  4. D.Six

Correct answer

B. Four

Explanation

The correct answer is B, Four. The amendment of 2022 rationalised the schedules of the parent Act: Schedule I now lists animals given the highest protection, Schedule II lists animals with a lesser degree of protection, Schedule III lists specified plants and Schedule IV lists specimens figuring in the appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Option A is wrong because the plant schedule was retained rather than dropped, so the count did not fall to three. Option C is wrong because no fifth schedule survives; the old Schedule V on vermin was removed altogether. Option D is wrong because six was the number in the original 1972 Act, which had four animal schedules, a vermin schedule and a plant schedule. Many question papers still test the old six, so remember both numbers with their dates.

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Q1.Environment & EcologyEasy

The Wild Life (Protection) Act, which banned hunting and gave legal status to national parks and sanctuaries in India, was enacted in which year?

  1. A.1972
  2. B.1980
  3. C.1986
  4. D.1991
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Correct answer: A. 1972

The Wild Life (Protection) Act received the assent of the President on 9 September 1972 and remains the principal wildlife law of the country, covering hunting, protected areas, trade in animal articles and the schedules of protected species.

Q2.Environment & EcologyMedium

Under the schedules as restructured in 2022, specified plants are protected under which schedule of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972?

  1. A.Schedule I
  2. B.Schedule II
  3. C.Schedule III
  4. D.Schedule IV
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Correct answer: C. Schedule III

In the restructured Act the plant schedule moved from the old Schedule VI to the new Schedule III, and it still protects a short list of species such as the blue vanda, the pitcher plant and other threatened orchids and cycads, whose uprooting and trade are controlled.

Q4.Environment & EcologyEasy

Who is the chairperson of the National Board for Wild Life?

  1. A.The President of India
  2. B.The Prime Minister of India
  3. C.The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  4. D.The Chief Wild Life Warden
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Correct answer: B. The Prime Minister of India

The National Board for Wild Life was created by the amendment of 2002 under Section 5A of the Act as the apex advisory body on wildlife, and the Prime Minister chairs it.

Q5.Environment & EcologyMedium

Conservation reserves and community reserves were added as new categories of protected areas by which amendment of the Wild Life (Protection) Act?

  1. A.The amendment of 1991
  2. B.The amendment of 2002
  3. C.The amendment of 2006
  4. D.The amendment of 2022
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Correct answer: B. The amendment of 2002

That amendment inserted Section 36A for conservation reserves, usually declared on government land next to a national park or sanctuary, and Section 36C for community reserves, declared on private or community land where people volunteer to protect wildlife.