In October 2026, how many captive-bred male Great Indian Bustards were released into the wild at Desert National Park?
- A.Two
- B.Four
- C.Six
- D.Ten
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Explanation
The correct answer is Four. In October 2026 four male Great Indian Bustards were set free inside Desert National Park, close to Sam village in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. They were the opening group from a larger set of birds that the programme had marked for return to the wild, and their release carried the conservation effort from captive breeding into a rewilding phase. Option A, two, is wrong because the count of males freed at the park was higher than that figure. Option C, six, is also wrong: six is the number of chicks that the Jumpstart Approach has produced in Rajasthan by placing eggs from the breeding centre in the nests of wild females, not the number of birds released at the park. Option D, ten, names the total set of birds earmarked for release from the conservation-breeding facilities at Sam and Ramdevra, and only part of that set went out in this first batch. So the number released in this phase is four.
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Practice Questions
Whose annual progress report for 2016-17 recorded a 75 per cent decline in the Great Indian Bustard population over the previous 30 years?
- A.Zoological Survey of India
- B.Wildlife Institute of India
- C.Bombay Natural History Society
- D.National Biodiversity Authority
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Its annual progress report for 2016-17 recorded that the population of the Great Indian Bustard had fallen by three quarters over the thirty years before that report, a decline driven by the loss of its grassland habitat and by pressures created by people, and made harder to reverse by the…
Read the full explanation →How much did National CAMPA approve in December 2024 for the five-year Conservation Action Plan covering the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican?
- A.Rs 33.85 crore
- B.Rs 77.05 crore
- C.Rs 96.50 crore
- D.Rs 200 crore
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National CAMPA cleared this amount in December 2024 for a five-year Conservation Action Plan that covers both the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican.
Read the full explanation →Under the Jumpstart Approach, an egg from the Sam conservation-breeding centre was carried to which place in Gujarat and put in the nest of a wild female bustard?
- A.Naliya
- B.Bhuj
- C.Dwarka
- D.Jamnagar
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Only three female Great Indian Bustards were left in the wild in Kutch and no male survived there to fertilise an egg, so a viable egg from the conservation-breeding centre at Sam in Rajasthan was moved 770 km to Naliya in a portable incubator, a journey lasting more than 19…
Read the full explanation →PM KUSUM, which promotes solar energy in agriculture, was launched in which month and year?
- A.February 2019
- B.August 2020
- C.February 2023
- D.January 2015
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The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan, shortened to PM KUSUM, was launched in that month to encourage the use of solar energy on farms.
Read the full explanation →As of August 2025, how many operational agrivoltaics projects did India have and what was their installed capacity?
- A.26 projects, 27.54 megawatts
- B.36 projects, 37.54 megawatts
- C.46 projects, 47.54 megawatts
- D.10 projects, 100 megawatts
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That was the count of operational agrivoltaics projects in India as of August 2025, and alongside them another 10 pilot projects were under development.
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