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Practice Questions
Q1
The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 was enacted to:
- A. Allow regulated hunting
- B. Prohibit hunting of protected species and protect their habitat
- C. Enable commercial exploitation of wildlife
- D. Regulate zoos only
Q2
CITES is an international agreement that regulates:
- A. Climate change
- B. International trade in endangered wild fauna and flora
- C. Ocean pollution
- D. Bioprospecting
Q3
A National Park in India differs from a Wildlife Sanctuary in that:
- A. NP has no human activity
- B. NP has stricter protection (no resource use by communities), while WLS allows some human activities
- C. WLS has more species
- D. NP is smaller
Q4
Project Elephant was launched in India in:
- A. 1973
- B. 1992
- C. 1985
- D. 2000
Q5
The "Species Recovery Programme" in India is focused on which bird?
- A. Flamingo
- B. Great Indian Bustard (GIB)
- C. Peacock
- D. Indian Roller
Q6
The National Wildlife Action Plan (NWAP) provides guidelines for:
- A. Hunting regulations
- B. Conservation and management of wildlife and habitats
- C. Wildlife export
- D. Anti-poaching fines
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