Question

Which of these organisms are protected by people of 'Bishnoi' community of Rajasthan?

• A. Prosopis cineraria
• B. Black buck
• C. Bhojpatra
• D. Both (a) and (b)

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both (a) and (b)

• The Bishnois are a community in India living mostly in the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
  
• They are renowned for adapting to the harsh conditions of the Thar Desert. This is the example for showing that the biodiversity of Rajasthan’s arid desert can be preserved not by isolating people, but through their active participation.
  
• Jambheshwar announced a set of 29 tenets. These were contained in a document called Shabadwani, written in the Nagari script, which consists of 120 shabads.
  
• Of his 29 tenets, ten are directed towards personal hygiene and maintaining good basic health, seven for healthy social behavior, and four tenets to the worship of God.
  

So the correct option is 'both (a) and (b)'.