How many cubs did the India-born cheetah KJP21 give birth to at Kuno National Park?

The correct answer is Mukhi and KGP12. The Union Environment Minister stated that KJP21 is the third female cheetah born in India to have given birth, and that she follows Mukhi and KGP12 in that line. This detail matters because an India-born female breeding successfully shows the reintroduced population reproducing on its own rather than depending on animals flown in from Africa. Option B names two cheetahs that were not cited as the earlier India-born mothers in this announcement, so it cannot be correct. Option C is similarly unsupported and functions only as a distractor built from cheetah names an aspirant may recall from earlier news. Option D is wrong for the same reason, as the announcement credits only Mukhi and KGP12 as the two India-born females that bred before KJP21. Candidates should fix the sequence Mukhi, KGP12 and then KJP21 in memory.

The correct answer is Botswana. The father of the litter is a male cheetah of Botswanan origin, which is why the Environment Ministry described the five cubs as the beginning of the Botswanan lineage in India and as an addition to the genetic diversity of the growing population. Option A, Namibia, is an attractive distractor because the first batch of cheetahs for the reintroduction effort came from that country, but the paternity in this particular litter was not Namibian. Option B, South Africa, is wrong for the same reason; animals from there were part of earlier consignments, yet the new bloodline announced here is specifically Botswanan. Option D, Kenya, is incorrect because it has not figured as a source country in this programme. A wider gene pool is valuable for a small founder population, so the Botswanan paternity is treated as a milestone in its own right.

The correct answer is the Central Pollution Control Board. The release states that the Flying Squads were deployed following a communication made by CAQM to the Central Pollution Control Board, usually written as CPCB. Option B is wrong because the National Green Tribunal is a judicial body for environmental disputes and the release does not mention it in this deployment. Option C is wrong because the India Meteorological Department deals with weather forecasting and has no role described here. Option D is wrong because the National Disaster Management Authority works on disaster management and does not figure in the release. CAQM itself is the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas, and on the ground the squads coordinate with State Pollution Control Board officers, State Nodal Officers, district authorities, the Parali Protection Force and farmers, reporting to the CAQM Cell at SAS Nagar daily.

The correct answer is 1 October to 30 November 2026. The release fixes the deployment for exactly that window, which is the stretch when paddy is harvested in Punjab and Haryana and when crop residue is most often burnt, and it is also the period when air quality in the National Capital Region falls sharply. Options A, C and D are wrong because they shift the window earlier or later than the harvesting season the release names, and the Commission has structured the deployment in successive phases within this window rather than outside it. Within the period, squads are assigned to their districts for different stretches so that monitoring does not break off during the season. The squads work with farmers, the Parali Protection Force, district level authorities, State Government Nodal Officers and the State Pollution Control Boards, and report daily.

The correct answer is 34 districts. The release of the environment ministry states that Flying Squads have been deployed in 34 districts across the two States for the period from 1 October to 30 November 2026, and it splits the number as 18 districts in Punjab and 16 districts in Haryana. Options A, B and D are wrong because they do not match the figure given, and the split of eighteen and sixteen adds up only to thirty four. The districts named for Punjab include Sangrur, Tarn Taran, Firozpur, Bathinda, Amritsar, Patiala and Ludhiana, while those named for Haryana include Jind, Fatehabad, Hisar, Kaithal, Karnal and Kurukshetra. The deployment was ordered after CAQM wrote to the Central Pollution Control Board, and the squads report the ground situation to the CAQM Cell at SAS Nagar every day. Candidates should remember the total along with the State wise split.