Question

Arrange the following projects in the order in which they were launched:

a. Lion Project

b. Tiger Project

c. Crocodile Breeding Project

d. Rhino Conservation Project

1. b, a, c, d
2. a, b, c, d
3. b, a, d, c
4. a, b, d, c

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : a, b, c, d

The Correct Answer is a,b,c,d.

• Gir lion project is an initiative of the Indian government to provide natural habitat to the Asiatic Lion to increase their population and to save them from being extinct.
  • The Gir Lion Sanctuary Project was started in 1972. It is being run by the state and the central government.
• Project Tiger was first initiated in the year April 1, 1973.
  • This project was started to save tigers. The project was launched in Jim Corbett National Park, Uttrakhand under the leadership of Indira Gandhi
  • The objective of Project Tiger is- "saving Royal Bengal Tigers from getting extinct."
• The Project Crocodile was initiated by the United Nations Development Programme and Food and Agriculture Organisation in 1976.
  • It included an intensive captive rearing and breeding programme intended to restock depleted Gharial habitats.
• The Indian Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV 2020) was launched in 2005 for the conservation of rhino.
  • The programme aimed to increase the total rhino population in Assam to about 3000 by the year 2020.
  • According to the established dates, the correct chronology is a,b,c,d.