UPSC Prelims 2020 · GS Paper I

Question 100: Environment and Ecology

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

aCorbett

bRanthambore

cNagarjunsagar-Srisailam

dSunderbans

AnswerUPSC’s answer is (c).

Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve, spread over Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, is India's largest tiger reserve, and its critical tiger habitat (the inviolate core) is larger than that of Corbett, Ranthambore or the Sundarbans. Remember it as the biggest tiger reserve in the country.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) Wrong: Corbett's critical tiger habitat is smaller.
(b) Wrong: Ranthambore's critical tiger habitat is smaller.
(c) Right: Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam has the largest critical tiger habitat.
(d) Wrong: the Sundarbans' critical tiger habitat is smaller.

Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2020, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.