The central team deputed to investigate the death of the cheetah KNG22 is drawn from which two organisations?
- A.National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
- B.National Board for Wildlife and Central Zoo Authority
- C.Zoological Survey of India and Wildlife Institute of India
- D.Central Pollution Control Board and National Green Tribunal
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Explanation
The correct answer is the National Tiger Conservation Authority and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau. The team sent by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has three officers: the Inspector General of Forests of the NTCA, the Additional Director of the WCCB and a Regional Deputy Director of the WCCB. They will examine the evidence, establish how the shooting took place and coordinate with the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, and will also review the security, monitoring and protection measures in place. Option B is wrong because neither the National Board for Wildlife nor the Central Zoo Authority was named in this inquiry. Option C is wrong because the Zoological Survey of India and the Wildlife Institute of India are research bodies and were not part of the team. Option D is wrong because pollution control and environmental adjudication bodies have no role in a wildlife crime investigation of this kind, which the State is pursuing through a Special Task Force of forest and police officers.
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Practice Questions
The cheetah KNG22, which died of firearm pellet injuries in October 2026, belonged to the reintroduced population of which national park?
- A.Bandhavgarh National Park
- B.Kuno National Park
- C.Gir National Park
- D.Panna National Park
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The male cheetah carrying the code KNG22 was a 19-month-old offspring of the female Nirva and was part of the reintroduced cheetah population of Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →At which place was the injured Kuno cheetah given emergency surgery before it died?
- A.Bhopal
- B.Jabalpur
- C.Gwalior
- D.Sheopur
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After the cheetah KNG22 was found injured in the Morena territorial forests, the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department rescued it the same day and took it to the veterinary facility at Jabalpur, where it received intensive veterinary care and emergency surgery; five firearm pellets were recovered from its body during the…
Read the full explanation →Which two countries were cited as already making wide use of flex fuel technology?
- A.Brazil and the United States
- B.Germany and Japan
- C.China and South Korea
- D.Australia and Canada
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While explaining the amendment, the Ministry noted that flex fuel technology is already in use in these countries, where vehicles are built to operate on a range of ethanol and petrol blends drawn from a single fuel tank.
Read the full explanation →E85 fuel contains up to what share of ethanol by volume?
- A.20 per cent
- B.50 per cent
- C.85 per cent
- D.100 per cent
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E85 is a blend of petrol and ethanol in which ethanol forms up to that share by volume. In this notation the letter E denotes ethanol while the number indicates the proportion of ethanol present in the fuel, which is why E100 refers to a fuel consisting predominantly of ethanol.
Read the full explanation →Which rules has the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways amended to support E85 and E100 flex fuel vehicles?
- A.The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
- B.The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989
- C.The Environment Protection Rules, 1986
- D.The Energy Conservation Rules, 2001
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The Ministry notified amendments to these rules so that vehicles capable of running on E85 and other high ethanol fuels can be certified and brought into use.
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