Under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, the tiger and the elephant are placed in
- A.Schedule I
- B.Schedule II
- C.Schedule III
- D.Schedule IV
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Schedule I. This schedule carries the species given the highest degree of protection, for which hunting is barred throughout India and the penalties are the severest the Act provides, with the offence being cognizable and non bailable. Both the tiger and the Asian elephant are in it, and both are also in Appendix I of CITES, so that international commercial trade in them is prohibited.
Option B, option C and option D name schedules that carry species with lesser degrees of protection and lighter penalties. A candidate should link the schedule to the animal: the tiger, the elephant, the one horned rhinoceros, the snow leopard, the great Indian bustard and the lion tailed macaque all belong to the first schedule, which is the list examiners draw upon most often.
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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 →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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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.
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