Project Tiger

Q.

What is Project Tiger ? What was the objective of this project ?

Q.

Discuss five methods of forest conservation

Q. The Project Tiger was first launched in which national park?

1. Gir National Park
2. Kaziranga National Park
3. Corbett National Park
4. Bannerghatta National Park

Q. Only a few tigers are left in the world. Therefore, tiger is an extinct species.

1. True

2. False

Q. Project Tiger was first launched in which National Park?

1. Gir National Park
2. Kaziranga National Park
3. Corbett National Park
4. Bannerghatta National Park

Q.

Which of the following is correct about Project Tiger?

1. Launched by the government
2. Objective of this project was to ensure the survival and maintenance of the tiger population in the country
3. The Satpura Tiger Reserve has showed a significant increase in the tiger population
4. It takes care of lions as well

Q. Write a short note on Project Tiger. (2 Marks)

Q. What were the objectives of Project Tiger?

1. Maintenance of existing tiger population
2. Increase in tiger population
3. Help increase number of tigers for hunting
4. Ensure that tigers do not go extinct

Q. ___ refers to the variety of animals, plants and microbes generally found in an area.

1. Fauna
2. Biodiversity
3. Extinct species
4. Flora

Q. Which of the following measures for tiger conservation was used in Project Tiger?

1. Reducing poaching and conserving tigers in their natural habitat
2. Capturing and breeding tigers in zoological parks
3. Artificially fertilizing female tigers to increase number of offsprings
4. Cloning tigers to increase their population

Q. Match the following:

Tiger reserve	State
i. Bandipur	a. Uttarakhand
ii. Jim Corbett	b. West Bengal
iii. Sunderbans	c. Maharashtra
iv. Melghat	d. Karnataka

1. i-c, ii-a, iii-d, iv-b
2. i-d, ii-a, iii-b, iv-c
3. i-d, ii-b, iii-c, iv-a
4. i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d

Q. Forest Conservation Act deals with the eradication of .

1. reforestation
2. afforestation
3. deforestation

Q. ________ was launched by the government to protect the tigers in the country.

1. Project Tiger

2. Project Preservation

3. Project Preservation and Conservation

4. Project Wildlife