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    Question

    India is celebrating 50 years of the tiger project, in

    the initial years of the Tiger project, there were only nine tiger reserves in India. How many tiger reserves are there as of now (2023)?
    A 40 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 43 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 44 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 53 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E 54 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    In the initial years of the Tiger project, there were only nine tiger reserves in India. The initial reserves covered under Project Tiger were the Jim Corbett, Manas, Ranthambore, Simlipal, Bandipur, Palamau, Sundarbans, Melghta and Kanha national parks. India now has 3,167 tigers and 53 tiger reserves, spread over 75,796 sq km or 2.3 per cent of the country’s geographic area.

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