Under which Union ministry does the National Zoological Park, New Delhi, function?
- A.Ministry of Culture
- B.Ministry of Tourism
- C.Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- D.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The National Zoological Park in New Delhi works under this ministry, which is why its programmes are framed around biodiversity monitoring, wildlife conservation and public environmental awareness, and why the Sunday Bird Walk is presented as an exercise in citizen science rather than as a tourist attraction. Option A is wrong because the Ministry of Culture looks after museums, heritage and the arts, not zoos. Option B is wrong because tourism promotion is a separate subject, even though a zoo does receive visitors. Option D is wrong because agriculture and farmers' welfare deals with crops, farm credit and allied activity, and the ecological role of birds in natural pest control, which the expert explained during the walk, does not place the zoo under that ministry.
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Practice Questions
Which bird species was added for the first time to the bird checklist of the National Zoological Park, New Delhi, during its 21st Sunday Bird Walk?
- A.Northern Shoveler
- B.Greater Flamingo
- C.Indian Pitta
- D.Sarus Crane
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The highlight of the 21st edition of the walk, held on 15 November 2026, was the recording of this duck, whose scientific name is Spatula clypeata, and its addition to the bird checklist of the National Zoological Park for the first time.
Read the full explanation →How many bird species were recorded during the 21st 'Sunday Bird Walk @ NZP' at the National Zoological Park?
- A.24 species
- B.42 species
- C.62 species
- D.84 species
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During the three-hour walk, which ran from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM on 15 November 2026, participants recorded birds of 42 species in the designated area of the zoo, and counted more than six hundred individual birds in all.
Read the full explanation →Which city’s decades-old Sunday street-opening tradition, cited at the COP31 session, draws about 1.6 million people onto 125 kilometres of car-free streets?
- A.Addis Ababa
- B.Amsterdam
- C.Bogota
- D.Copenhagen
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Jim Walker of the Walk21 Foundation told the session that a similar opening of streets began in that city roughly fifty years ago and that it now brings about 1.6 million people out every Sunday onto 125 kilometres of roads closed to cars.
Read the full explanation →Which ministry organises Fit India Sundays on Cycle through the Sports Authority of India?
- A.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- B.Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- C.Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- D.Ministry of Education
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The ride is organised by the Sports Authority of India, which works under that ministry, and the session at the climate summit was presented by the ministry’s own Fit India Movement.
Read the full explanation →Since which date has the Fit India Sundays on Cycle ride been held every Sunday without a break?
- A.2 October 2024
- B.22 December 2024
- C.1 January 2025
- D.15 August 2025
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The free community ride started on that date and, as officials told the climate summit, it has not lost a single Sunday since.
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