Environment & Ecology › Protected Areas & Wildlife – UPSC Prelims PYQs

With reference to Madhav National Park, which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. It was declared a Tiger Reserve in India in 2025.
2. Sakhya Sagar, which is designated as a Ramsar Site, is situated within this National Park.
3. Its area is shared between Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

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With respect to the Western Hoolock Gibbons, which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. A Sanctuary in North-east India is home to this ape species listed as Endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.
2. They have specialized brachiation and can easily swing between trees.
3. They possess a strong and heavy build like gorillas, yet are remarkably agile tree climbers.

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Which of the following statements with regard to the arrival of Amur Falcons at Doyang Lake in Nagaland each year from Mongolia is/are correct ?

1. It showcases how sustained local conservation efforts can contribute to the arrival and protection of international migratory birds.
2. It reflects the global success of advanced tracking technologies that guide migratory birds back to their stopover sites.
3. It confirms that Amur Falcons have adapted to permanent residency in India due to favourable habitat changes.

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Consider the following pairs :

1. 2. 3.

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched ?

Consider the following statements : Statement–I : Marsupials are not naturally found in India. Statement–II : Marsupials can thrive only in montane grasslands with no predators.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following statements : Once the Central Government notifies an area as a 'Community Reserve'

1. the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State becomes the governing authority of such forest
2. hunting is not allowed in such area
3. people of such area are allowed to collect non-timber forest produce
4. people of such area are allowed traditional agricultural practices

How many of the above statements are correct?

With reference to Indian elephants, consider the following statements :

1. The leader of an elephant group is a female.
2. The maximum gestation period can be 22 months.
3. An elephant can normally go on calving till the age of 40 years only.
4. Among the States in India, the highest elephant population is in Kerala.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Which of the following Protected Areas are located in Cauvery basin ?

1. Nagarhole National Park
2. Papikonda National Park
3. Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
4. Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary

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Which one of the following protected areas is well-known for the conservation of a sub-species of the Indian swamp deer (Barasingha) that thrives well on hard ground and is exclusively graminivorous ?

Which of the following are the most likely places to find the musk deer in its natural habitat ?

1. Askot Wildlife Sanctuary
2. Gangotri National Park
3. Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary
4. Manas National Park

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With reference to India's Desert National Park, which of the following statements are correct ?

1. It is spread over two districts.
2. There is no human habitation inside the Park.
3. It is one of the natural habitats of Great Indian Bustard.

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Among the following Tiger Reserves, which one has the largest area under “Critical Tiger Habitat” ?

Which one of the following National Parks lies completely in the temperate alpine zone?

Consider the following statements :

1. Asiatic lion is naturally found in India only.
2. Double-humped camel is naturally found in India only.
3. One-horned rhinoceros is naturally found in India only.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following are in Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve?

Consider the following pairs :

1. Blue-finned Mahseer : Cauvery River
2. Irrawaddy Dolphin : Chambal River
3. Rusty-spotted Cat : Eastern Ghats

Wildlife Naturally found in

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

In which one of the following States is Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary located ?

From the ecological point of view, which one of the following assumes importance in being a good link between the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats ?

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Smart India Hackathon 2017 ?

1. It is a centrally sponsored scheme for developing every city of our country into Smart Cities in a decade.
2. It is an initiative to identify new digital technology innovations for solving the many problems faced by our country.
3. It is a programme aimed at making all the financial transactions in our country completely digital in a decade.

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If you want to see gharials in their natural habitat, which one of the following is the best place to visit ?

The term 'M-STrIPES' is sometimes seen in the news in the context of

Recently there was a proposal to translocate some of the lions from their natural habitat in Gujarat to which one of the following sites ?

In which of the following regions of India are you most likely to come across the 'Great Indian Hornbill' in its natural habitat?

'Gadgil Committee Report' and 'Kasturirangan Committee Report', sometimes seen in the news, are related to

Which of the following National Parks is unique in being a swamp with floating vegetation that supports a rich biodiversity?

Which one of the following National Parks has a climate that varies from tropical to subtropical, temperate and arctic?

Consider the following pairs :

1. Dampa Tiger Reserve : Mizoram
2. Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary : Sikkim
3. Saramati Peak : Nagaland

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

The most important strategy for the conservation of biodiversity together with traditional human life is the establishment of

Consider the following:

1. Star tortoise
2. Monitor lizard
3. Pygmy hog
4. Spider monkey

Which of the above are naturally found in India?

Consider the following pairs:

1. Nokrek Biosphere Reserve : Garo Hills
2. Loktak Lake : Barail Range
3. Namdapha National Park : Dafla Hills

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs: National Park : River flowing through the Park

1. Corbett National Park : Ganga
2. Kaziranga National Park : Manas
3. Silent Valley National Park : Kaveri

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following protected areas :

1. Bandipur
2. Bhitarkanika
3. Manas
4. Sunderbans

Which of the above are declared Tiger Reserves?

Consider the following :

1. Black-necked crane
2. Cheetah
3. Flying squirrel
4. Snow leopard

Which of the above are naturally found in India?

Two important rivers – one with its source in Jharkhand (and known by a different name in Odisha), and another, with its source in Odisha – merge at a place only a short distance from the coast of Bay of Bengal before flowing into the sea. This is an important site of wildlife and biodiversity and a protected area.

Which one of the following could be this?

A sandy and saline area is the natural habitat of an Indian animal species. The animal has no predators in that area but its existence is threatened due to the destruction of its habitat.

Which one of the following could be that animal ?

Consider the following statements:

1. The boundaries of a National Park are defined by legislation.
2. A Biosphere Reserve is declared to conserve a few specific species of flora and fauna.
3. In a Wildlife Sanctuary, limited biotic interference is permitted.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following pairs: Protected area — Well-known for

1. Bhitarkanika, Orissa — Salt Water Crocodile
2. Desert National Park, Rajasthan — Great Indian Bustard
3. Eravikulam, Kerala — Hoolak Gibbon

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?

Consider the following statements:

1. Salt-water crocodile is found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
2. Shrew and tapir are found in the Western Ghats of the Malabar region.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Out of all the Biosphere Reserves in India, four have been recognized on the World Network by UNESCO.

Which one of the following is not one of them?

Which one among the following has the maximum number of National Parks?

Which one of the following is also known as Top Slip?

Which of the following is located in the Bastar region?

Consider the following statements :

1. In India, Red Panda is naturally found in the western Himalaya only.
2. In India, Slow Loris lives in the dense forests of the North-East.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Where is Bundala Biosphere Reserve which has been recently added to the UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) network, located?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Orissa
2. Assam
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Goa
5. Tripura

List I (National Park/Wild-life Sanctuary) (A) Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary (B) Kangerghat National Park (C) Orang Sanctuary (D) Ushakothi Wildlife Sanctuary

List II (State)

Which one of the following is not a Biosphere Reserve?

Consider the following statements:

1. Silent Valley National Park is in the Nallamalai range.
2. Pathrakkadavu Hydroelectric Project is proposed to be built near the Silent Valley National Park.
3. The Kunthi river originates in Silent Valley’s rainforests.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Toothless mammals such as pangolins are not found in India.
2. Gibbon is the only ape found in India.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

Match List I (National Park/Sanctuary) with List II (State) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. Chhattisgarh
2. Haryana
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Karnataka

List I (A) Kanger Ghati National Park (B) Nagerhole National Park (C) Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary (D) Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary

List II

Codes: ABCD

Match List I (Biosphere Reserve) with List II (States) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. Sikkim
2. Uttaranchal
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Orissa
5. Meghalaya

List I (A) Simlipal (B) Dehong Deband (C) Nokrek (D) Kanchenjunga

List II

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