How large is the protected habitat for cheetahs under Project Cheetah, according to the review at Bhuj?
- A.2,428 sq km
- B.3,428 sq km
- C.4,328 sq km
- D.1,428 sq km
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Explanation
The correct answer is 3,428 sq km. The Union Environment Minister said that protected habitat for cheetahs has expanded to this area through the integrated management of Kuno National Park and Gandhi Sagar. He also said that India has built a growing population from twenty-nine founder cheetahs, that the population has now reached fifty-two individuals, and that forty-nine cubs were born in India. The cub survival rate at Kuno is around sixty-eight per cent, which shows that a population can establish itself where ecological conditions are right. The Banni Grasslands in Gujarat and the Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh have been identified as future release sites. Options A, C and D give areas that do not match the release, and each is close enough to the correct figure to mislead a candidate who has only skimmed the news.
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Practice Questions
Which institution prepared the Gujarat Action Plan for Great Indian Bustard Conservation?
- A.The Zoological Survey of India
- B.The National Tiger Conservation Authority
- C.The Wildlife Institute of India, with the Gujarat Forest Department
- D.The Forest Survey of India
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The Union Minister released the plan at Bhuj and described it as a science-based roadmap. It aims to establish a minimum viable population of more than thirty birds and to secure between two hundred and five hundred square kilometres of safe and connected habitat.
Read the full explanation →Nearly what share of India's land area is covered by grasslands, as stated at the review meeting?
- A.Nearly 14 per cent
- B.Nearly 18 per cent
- C.Nearly 24 per cent
- D.Nearly 32 per cent
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The Union Environment Minister underlined the ecological importance of grasslands and said that although they cover close to this share of the country's land area, they remain among the most degraded and least conserved ecosystems in India.
Read the full explanation →Since ethanol supply year 2014-15, how much foreign exchange has the ethanol blending programme saved?
- A.More than Rs 62,000 crore
- B.More than Rs 1.01 lakh crore
- C.More than Rs 1.66 lakh crore
- D.More than Rs 1.97 lakh crore
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The ministry listed four cumulative outcomes of the blending programme since ethanol supply year 2014-15: foreign exchange savings above that amount, substitution of about 316 lakh metric tonnes of crude oil, avoidance of about 952 lakh metric tonnes of carbon dioxide, and transfers of more than Rs 1.66 lakh crore…
Read the full explanation →What ethanol content was recorded on average in the samples tested in Karnataka?
- A.19.30 per cent
- B.21.50 per cent
- C.26 per cent
- D.31 per cent
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All 56 samples tested in Karnataka, taken from different locations and from all three oil marketing companies, conformed to the prescribed specification, with ethanol content ranging between 19 and 20 per cent and averaging that figure.
Read the full explanation →Which Bureau of Indian Standards specification applies to ethanol-blended motor gasoline?
- A.IS 1460
- B.IS 2796
- C.IS 17021
- D.IS 15607
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This is the Bureau of Indian Standards specification for ethanol-blended motor gasoline, and E20 petrol supplied by the three public sector oil marketing companies across the country is required to conform to it.
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