In which year was the elephant declared the National Heritage Animal of India?
- A.2010
- B.1992
- C.2005
- D.1973
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, 2010. The declaration followed the report of a task force on elephants and was meant to raise the status of the animal in policy and to strengthen the protection of its habitats and corridors.
Option B, 1992, is the year of the launch of Project Elephant itself, not of the declaration, and the two are the standard pair of distractors. Option C, 2005, is associated with the Sariska episode and the Tiger Task Force. Option D, 1973, is the year of Project Tiger and of the tiger becoming the national animal. Note the difference in terms: the tiger is the national animal, while the elephant is the national heritage animal, and an examiner will often set the two against each other in the same question.
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Practice Questions
View allProject Tiger was launched in which year?
- A.1972
- B.1973
- C.1992
- D.2005
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Project Tiger began on 1 April 1973 as a centrally sponsored scheme with nine tiger reserves, in the same year in which the tiger replaced the lion as the national animal of India.
Read the full explanation →Project Tiger was launched from which national park?
- A.Jim Corbett National Park
- B.Kanha National Park
- C.Bandipur National Park
- D.Kaziranga National Park
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It is the oldest national park of India, and the project was formally launched there on 1 April 1973.
Read the full explanation →The National Tiger Conservation Authority was given statutory status by amending which law?
- A.The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
- B.The Indian Forest Act, 1927
- C.The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- D.The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
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The amending Act of 2006 inserted a new chapter into it, creating the National Tiger Conservation Authority and providing for tiger reserves with a critical tiger habitat and a buffer, as well as for the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau.
Read the full explanation →Project Elephant was launched in which year?
- A.1973
- B.1992
- C.2010
- D.1986
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Project Elephant was launched in February 1992 as a centrally sponsored scheme to help the states protect elephants, their habitats and their corridors, to reduce conflict between elephants and human beings and to improve the welfare of captive elephants.
Read the full explanation →The MIKE programme, in which India takes part, is concerned with
- A.Monitoring the illegal killing of elephants
- B.Counting tigers by camera traps
- C.Monitoring glacier melt in the Himalaya
- D.Measuring industrial emissions of methane
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MIKE was set up under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. At selected sites, officials record every elephant carcass found and the cause of death in a standard form, so that the share of deaths due to poaching can be tracked and compared between countries and over time.
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