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How many bird species were recorded during the 21st 'Sunday Bird Walk @ NZP' at the National Zoological Park?

  1. A.24 species
  2. B.42 species
  3. C.62 species
  4. D.84 species

Correct answer

B. 42 species

Explanation

The correct answer is 42 species. During the three-hour walk, which ran from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM on 15 November 2026, participants recorded birds of 42 species in the designated area of the zoo, and counted more than six hundred individual birds in all. The two figures are different things and are often confused in questions: one counts kinds of bird, the other counts the birds themselves. Option A reverses the digits of the right answer, which is exactly the trap a paper setter would lay. Options C and D are higher counts that were not reported for this edition. Candidates should also remember that this was the twenty-first edition of the walk and that eight people took part in it, as any of those three numbers can be asked.

Read the full article: Delhi Zoo's 21st Sunday Bird Walk Logs 42 Bird Species

Practice Questions

Q1.EnvironmentEasy

Which bird species was added for the first time to the bird checklist of the National Zoological Park, New Delhi, during its 21st Sunday Bird Walk?

  1. A.Northern Shoveler
  2. B.Greater Flamingo
  3. C.Indian Pitta
  4. D.Sarus Crane
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Correct answer: A. Northern Shoveler

The highlight of the 21st edition of the walk, held on 15 November 2026, was the recording of this duck, whose scientific name is Spatula clypeata, and its addition to the bird checklist of the National Zoological Park for the first time.

Q2.EnvironmentEasy

Under which Union ministry does the National Zoological Park, New Delhi, function?

  1. A.Ministry of Culture
  2. B.Ministry of Tourism
  3. C.Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  4. D.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
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Correct answer: C. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

The National Zoological Park in New Delhi works under this ministry, which is why its programmes are framed around biodiversity monitoring, wildlife conservation and public environmental awareness, and why the Sunday Bird Walk is presented as an exercise in citizen science rather than as a tourist attraction.

Q3.EnvironmentHard

Which city’s decades-old Sunday street-opening tradition, cited at the COP31 session, draws about 1.6 million people onto 125 kilometres of car-free streets?

  1. A.Addis Ababa
  2. B.Amsterdam
  3. C.Bogota
  4. D.Copenhagen
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Correct answer: C. Bogota

Jim Walker of the Walk21 Foundation told the session that a similar opening of streets began in that city roughly fifty years ago and that it now brings about 1.6 million people out every Sunday onto 125 kilometres of roads closed to cars.

Q4.EnvironmentEasy

Which ministry organises Fit India Sundays on Cycle through the Sports Authority of India?

  1. A.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  2. B.Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
  3. C.Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  4. D.Ministry of Education
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Correct answer: B. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

The ride is organised by the Sports Authority of India, which works under that ministry, and the session at the climate summit was presented by the ministry’s own Fit India Movement.