BPSC CCE Prelims
Biodiversity and Conservation Previous Year Questions (PYQs)

Detailed Explanation:

Endangered species are those facing very high risk of extinction in the near future due to factors like rapid population decline or habitat loss.

IUCN Red List categories classify species as: Vulnerable (lower risk), Endangered (high risk), Critically Endangered (extremely high risk), Extinct in the Wild, and Extinct (no longer existing).

Answer: Option 3 – Endangered

Detailed Explanation:

Project Tiger was launched in 1973 by the Government of India and is the most well-publicized wildlife conservation campaign in the world.

Sunderbans Project and Lion Project (Gir) are important but were launched later and are not as globally recognized as Project Tiger, which became a model for wildlife conservation worldwide.

Detailed Explanation:

All three statements about wildlife conservation initiatives are correct.

• Statement 1 is Correct: Project Tiger was launched in 1973 as a centrally sponsored scheme administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
• Statement 2 is Correct: The theme for International Day for Biological Diversity 2022 was 'Building a shared future for all life', celebrated on 22 May.
• Statement 3 is Correct: Project Tiger is indeed a tiger conservation programme following core-buffer area strategy in tiger reserves.
• Therefore, all three statements are correct, making Option 3 the correct answer.