National parks and wildlife sanctuaries in India are declared under which law?
- A.The Indian Forest Act, 1927
- B.The Wild Life Protection Act, 1972
- C.The Environment Protection Act, 1986
- D.The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. It is the law under which a state government notifies a national park or a sanctuary, under which species are placed in schedules according to the protection they need, and under which hunting of protected animals is prohibited.
Option A, the Indian Forest Act of 1927, deals with reserved, protected and village forests and with forest produce, not with wildlife habitats as such. Option C, the Environment Protection Act of 1986, is the umbrella law passed after the Bhopal gas tragedy and gives the Union government wide powers over pollution and environmental standards. Option D, the Biological Diversity Act of 2002, deals with access to biological resources and with the sharing of benefits, and set up the biodiversity boards. The amendment of 2002 to the 1972 Act is what added conservation and community reserves.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich was the first national park established in India, in 1936?
- A.Hailey National Park, now Jim Corbett National Park
- B.Kaziranga National Park
- C.Gir National Park
- D.Kanha National Park
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Declared in 1936 in the hills of present-day Uttarakhand, it was named after the governor of the United Provinces, later renamed Ramganga and finally named after the hunter turned naturalist Jim Corbett.
Read the full explanation →Gir National Park is the natural home of which animal?
- A.The one-horned rhinoceros
- B.The Asiatic lion
- C.The snow leopard
- D.The hangul
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Gir, in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, is the only place where the Asiatic lion survives in the wild, and its dry deciduous forest and scrub make the habitat that keeps the population alive.
Read the full explanation →Kaziranga National Park is famous for the conservation of which species?
- A.The Asiatic lion
- B.The one-horned rhinoceros
- C.The Nilgiri tahr
- D.The great Indian bustard
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Kaziranga lies on the floodplain of the Brahmaputra in Assam, where tall elephant grass and seasonal flooding suit the rhinoceros, and the park is inscribed as a natural World Heritage Site.
Read the full explanation →Project Tiger was launched in India in which year?
- A.1972
- B.1973
- C.1975
- D.1992
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Project Tiger was launched a year after the Wild Life Protection Act came into force, and it created tiger reserves in which the core area is kept free of human activity while a buffer area allows regulated use; the National Tiger Conservation Authority now oversees the programme.
Read the full explanation →Keoladeo Ghana National Park at Bharatpur is best known for which of the following?
- A.Tigers
- B.Waterbirds and migratory birds
- C.Wild asses
- D.Mangrove forest
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Keoladeo Ghana in Rajasthan is a shallow wetland created long ago as a duck shooting reserve of the rulers of Bharatpur, and it now shelters large numbers of resident and migratory birds every winter; it is a World Heritage Site.
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