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1. The Authority may approve research on:
a. Only agriculture
b. Tiger, co-predators, prey and habitat ecology
c. Industrial output
d. Legal drafting only
2. Diversion of tiger reserve areas for non-ecological use requires:
a. Only State Government approval
b. Approval of National Board for Wild Life and advice of Tiger Conservation Authority
c. District Magistrate approval only
d. Police approval
3. Section 38O primarily focuses on:
a. Commercial development in forests
b. Scientific management and protection of tiger reserves
c. Criminal prosecution
d. Land acquisition law
4. Section 38O empowers the Tiger Conservation Authority to promote:
a. Industrial mining in reserves
b. Eco-development and people’s participation
c. Urban expansion in forests
d. Arms manufacturing
5. The Authority supports eco-development initiatives in:
a. Only cities
b. Adjoining areas consistent with Central and State laws
c. Only private plantations
d. Court premises
6. The Tiger Conservation Authority ensures support for implementation of tiger conservation plans including:
a. Banking and finance support
b. Scientific, IT and legal support
c. Transport subsidies only
d. Tax exemption policies
7. Capacity building programmes under Section 38O relate to:
a. Judges and lawyers
b. Skill development of officers and staff of tiger reserves
c. Industrial workers
d. Police training only
8. The Authority may perform:
a. Only functions expressly listed in Section 38O
b. Any other functions necessary for conservation of tigers and habitat
c. Only judicial functions
d. Only revenue functions
9. Directions issued by the Tiger Conservation Authority under Section 38O are:
a. Advisory only
b. Binding on persons, officers or authorities
c. Optional
d. Subject to court approval
10. Directions under Section 38O can be issued for:
a. Tax collection
b. Protection of tiger or tiger reserves
c. Election process
d. Banking regulation
11. A key limitation on directions issued under Section 38O is:
a. They must be approved by Parliament
b. They shall not interfere with rights of local people, especially Scheduled Tribes
c. They must be approved by police
d. They apply only to private land
12. Section 38O emphasizes which approach in conservation?
a. Exclusive industrial control
b. Community participation and eco-development
c. Military control
d. Urban planning
13. The Authority can issue directions under Section 38O to:
a. Only courts
b. Any person, officer or authority
c. Only State Government
d. Only NGOs
14. The main purpose of Section 38O is:
a. Revenue generation
b. Conservation of tigers and their habitat
c. Criminal prosecution
d. Land acquisition
15. Section 38O of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 deals with:
a. Powers and functions of Tiger Conservation Authority
b. Declaration of sanctuaries
c. Hunting regulations
d. Zoo recognition
16. Section 38P of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 deals with:
a. Procedure of Tiger Conservation Authority
b. Declaration of tiger reserves
c. Hunting regulations
d. Zoo recognition
17. The Tiger Conservation Authority meets at:
a. Fixed time prescribed by Parliament
b. Time and place decided by Chairperson
c. Time fixed by State Government
d. Time fixed by Supreme Court
18. In the absence of Chairperson, meetings of the Authority are presided over by:
a. Member-Secretary
b. Vice-Chairperson
c. Chief Wildlife Warden
d. Prime Minister
19. The Tiger Conservation Authority:
a. Follows rules made by High Court
b. Regulates its own procedure
c. Follows only State rules
d. Follows police procedure
20. Orders and decisions of the Tiger Conservation Authority are authenticated by:
a. Chairperson only
b. Member-Secretary or authorised officer
c. Central Government
d. Parliament Secretary
21. Authentication of decisions may also be done by:
a. Any forest guard
b. Any officer authorised by Member-Secretary
c. District Judge
d. Police Inspector
22. Section 38P primarily provides:
a. Penal provisions
b. Administrative procedure of Authority
c. Land acquisition rules
d. Wildlife hunting exemptions
23. The procedural regulation of meetings is controlled by:
a. Central Government
b. Authority itself
c. Supreme Court
d. State Legislature
24. Who decides time and place of Authority meetings?
a. Parliament
b. Chairperson
c. Vice-President of India
d. Chief Wildlife Warden
25. Section 38P ensures:
a. Judicial trial process
b. Internal functioning and decision-making structure of Authority
c. Police investigation procedure
d. Forest land acquisition process
26. Section 38Q of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 deals with:
a. Procedure of Authority
b. Grants, loans and constitution of Fund for Tiger Conservation Authority
c. Declaration of sanctuaries
d. Hunting provisions
27. Grants and loans to the Tiger Conservation Authority are made by:
a. State Government
b. Central Government after due appropriation by Parliament
c. Supreme Court
d. National Board for Wildlife
28. The Fund constituted under Section 38Q is called:
a. Wildlife Protection Fund
b. Tiger Conservation Authority Fund
c. National Tiger Fund
d. Forest Development Fund
29. Which of the following is credited to the Tiger Conservation Authority Fund?
a. Only tax revenue
b. Grants and loans from Central Government
c. Only private donations
d. Only fines from courts
30. Fees and charges received by the Authority under the Act are credited to:
a. State Treasury
b. Consolidated Fund of India
c. Tiger Conservation Authority Fund
d. Forest Department Account
31. Money received from other sources is included in the Fund only when:
a. Approved by Supreme Court
b. Decided by Central Government
c. Approved by State Government
d. Approved by District Magistrate
32. The Fund under Section 38Q is used for:
a. Election expenses
b. Salaries and expenses of Tiger Conservation Authority
c. Police training
d. Court fees
33. Expenses of the Authority include:
a. Only infrastructure cost
b. Salary, allowances and remuneration of staff and members
c. Only travel expenses
d. Only litigation expenses
34. Grants to the Authority require:
a. No approval
b. Parliamentary appropriation by law
c. High Court order
d. State police approval
35. Section 38Q ensures:
a. Judicial control over funds
b. Financial support and functioning of Tiger Conservation Authority
c. Criminal penalties
d. Land acquisition mechanism
36. Section 38R of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 deals with:
a. Constitution of Fund
b. Accounts and audit of Tiger Conservation Authority
c. Declaration of tiger reserves
d. Zoo recognition
37. The Tiger Conservation Authority shall maintain:
a. Only cash records
b. Proper accounts and relevant records
c. Only tax records
d. Only forest maps
38. Annual statement of accounts is prepared in form:
a. Prescribed by State Government
b. Prescribed by Central Government in consultation with CAG
c. Prescribed by Supreme Court
d. Prescribed by Parliament only
39. The accounts of Tiger Conservation Authority are audited by:
a. State Auditor General
b. Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG)
c. Central Bureau of Investigation
d. Finance Ministry only
40. Expenditure of audit is payable by:
a. Central Government
b. Tiger Conservation Authority
c. State Government
d. National Board
41. CAG and his appointed persons have:
a. No inspection powers
b. Same rights and privileges as in Government audit
c. Limited powers only
d. Only advisory powers
42. CAG has the right to:
a. Arrest officers
b. Demand books, accounts and documents
c. Pass judgments
d. Frame policies
43. Audit includes inspection of:
a. Only financial statements
b. Office of Tiger Conservation Authority
c. Only wildlife reserves
d. Only Parliament records
44. Certified accounts and audit report are forwarded annually to:
a. Supreme Court
b. Central Government
c. State Government
d. National Board for Wildlife
45. Certification of accounts is done by:
a. Central Government
b. CAG or authorised person
c. State Forest Officer
d. Chairperson only
46. Section 38R ensures:
a. Financial accountability of Authority
b. Criminal prosecution of poachers
c. Land acquisition
d. Zoo regulation
47. Section 38S of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 deals with:
a. Accounts of Tiger reserves
b. Annual report of Tiger Conservation Authority
c. Audit of zoos
d. Declaration of sanctuaries
48. The annual report of Tiger Conservation Authority is prepared:
a. Monthly
b. Quarterly
c. For each financial year
d. Once in five years
49. The annual report gives:
a. Only financial accounts
b. Full account of activities of previous financial year
c. Only wildlife statistics
d. Only budget proposals
50. The annual report of Tiger Conservation Authority is forwarded to:
a. State Government
b. Central Government
c. Supreme Court
d. National Zoo Authority
51. Section 38T deals with:
a. Wildlife offences
b. Presentation of annual and audit reports before Parliament
c. Hunting permissions
d. Zoo recognition
52. Annual report and audit report are laid before:
a. Supreme Court
b. President of India
c. Each House of Parliament
d. State Assembly
53. The memorandum of action taken relates to:
a. State Government only
b. Central Government recommendations
c. Police reports
d. Forest contractors
54. Non-acceptance of recommendations must be explained by:
a. State Government
b. Central Government
c. Tiger Conservation Authority
d. CAG
55. Reports under Section 38T are laid before Parliament:
a. After 5 years
b. As soon as may be after receipt
c. Only on request
d. Never mandatory
56. Section 38S ensures:
a. Administrative secrecy
b. Accountability through annual reporting
c. Criminal punishment
d. Land acquisition
57. Section 38T ensures:
a. Legislative oversight over tiger conservation administration
b. Judicial review only
c. Private control
d. Police supervision
58. Section 38U of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 deals with:
a. Central Zoo Authority
b. Constitution of Steering Committee
c. Declaration of National Parks
d. Hunting permissions
59. The Steering Committee under Section 38U may be constituted by:
a. Central Government
b. State Government
c. Supreme Court
d. National Board for Wildlife
60. The main purpose of the Steering Committee is:
a. Revenue collection
b. Coordination, monitoring and conservation of tiger and associated species
c. Criminal investigation
d. Land acquisition
61. The Chairperson of the Steering Committee is:
a. Chief Wildlife Warden
b. Chief Minister
c. Governor
d. Prime Minister
62. The Vice-Chairperson of the Steering Committee is:
a. Chief Secretary
b. Minister in-charge of Wild Life
c. Forest Ranger
d. District Collector
63. How many official members are included in the Steering Committee (maximum)?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 10
64. At least how many Field Directors/Director of National Park must be included among official members?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
65. One official member must be from:
a. Health Department
b. Tribal Affairs Department
c. Finance Department
d. Police Department
66. How many experts/professionals are included in the Committee?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Five
d. Six
67. At least one expert must be from:
a. Judiciary
b. Tribal development
c. Banking sector
d. Industry
68. How many members come from State Tribal Advisory Council?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
69. Departments of Panchayati Raj and Social Justice are represented by:
a. One joint member
b. One representative each
c. No representation
d. Central nominees
70. Member-Secretary of Steering Committee is:
a. Chief Minister
b. Chief Wildlife Warden
c. Forest Minister
d. District Collector
71. The Steering Committee is notified by:
a. Central Government
b. State Government in Official Gazette
c. Supreme Court
d. Parliament
72. Section 38U primarily ensures:
a. Judicial control over forests
b. Inter-departmental coordination for tiger conservation
c. Zoo regulation
d. Arms control
73. Section 38V of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 deals with:
a. Zoo recognition
b. Tiger Conservation Plan
c. Arms licensing near sanctuaries
d. Hunting permits
74. A tiger reserve is notified by:
a. Central Government directly
b. State Government on recommendation of Tiger Conservation Authority
c. Supreme Court
d. Forest Survey of India
75. Provisions of section 18(2), 27(2)-(4), 30, 32 and 33(b)(c) apply to tiger reserve:
a. Fully without exception
b. As far as may be
c. Not applicable
d. Only partially for penal provisions
76. Tiger Conservation Plan is prepared by:
a. Central Government
b. State Government
c. National Zoo Authority
d. Gram Sabha
77. The Tiger Conservation Plan includes:
a. Only tourism development
b. Staff development and deployment plan
c. Arms regulation plan
d. Mining policy
78. One objective of Tiger Conservation Plan is:
a. Increase industrial zones
b. Protection of tiger reserve and viable tiger population
c. Promote mining in buffer zones
d. Urban expansion
79. Ecologically compatible land use includes:
a. Mining in core area
b. Industrial expansion
c. Livelihood concerns with conservation balance
d. Removal of forest cover
80. Tiger corridors are meant for:
a. Railway expansion
b. Dispersal habitat for wild animals
c. Urban settlement
d. Industrial transport
81. Forestry operations in adjoining areas must be:
a. Independent of conservation needs
b. Incompatible with tiger conservation
c. Compatible with tiger conservation
d. Focused only on timber production
82. While preparing Tiger Conservation Plan, State Government must ensure:
a. Only industrial growth
b. Agricultural and livelihood interests of local people
c. Only tourism revenue
d. Mining rights
83. Tiger reserve includes:
a. Only core area
b. Only buffer area
c. Core and buffer areas
d. Only sanctuary zones
84. Core or critical tiger habitat must be:
a. Open for mining
b. Inviolate for tiger conservation
c. Converted into villages
d. Used for agriculture
85. Rights of Scheduled Tribes in core areas:
a. Completely abolished
b. Not affected unless conditions under law are met
c. Always removed
d. Ignored in all cases
86. Buffer area of tiger reserve is meant for:
a. Maximum industrial activity
b. Co-existence between wildlife and human activity
c. Mining promotion
d. Urbanization
87. Identification of tiger reserve areas must be based on:
a. Political decision
b. Scientific and objective criteria
c. Market value of land
d. Tourism demand
88. Section 38V provides that relocation affecting Scheduled Tribes in tiger reserves can occur only when:
a. State Government decides alone
b. Gram Sabha agrees without conditions
c. Statutory conditions under Section 38V are satisfied
d. Private companies approve it
89. Under Section 38V, first requirement before relocation is:
a. Tourism approval
b. Completion of recognition and determination of rights process
c. Mining clearance
d. Police permission
90. Relocation requires establishment that activities of forest dwellers:
a. Improve tiger survival
b. Cause irreversible damage to tiger habitat and threaten existence of tigers
c. Have no ecological effect
d. Increase forest cover
91. Determination of irreversible damage must be made:
a. Only by police
b. By State agencies in consultation with ecological and social scientist
c. By private NGOs only
d. By Gram Sabha alone
92. Another required condition is that:
a. No alternative co-existence option exists
b. Tourism must be promoted
c. Mining must be allowed
d. Forest land must be privatized
93. Resettlement package must:
a. Be arbitrary
b. Fulfil National Relief and Rehabilitation Policy requirements
c. Ignore livelihood needs
d. Exclude compensation
94. Consent required for relocation includes:
a. Only Forest Department consent
b. Informed consent of Gram Sabha and affected persons
c. Only Central Government consent
d. Only NGOs consent
95. Consultation is required with:
a. Industrial experts
b. Independent ecological and social scientist familiar with area
c. Builders association
d. Police department
96. Final condition requires:
a. No land allocation
b. Facilities and land allocation at resettlement site
c. No livelihood support
d. Only cash payment without rehabilitation
97. If resettlement conditions are not met:
a. Rights automatically extinguish
b. Existing rights shall not be interfered with
c. Forest is opened for mining
d. Gram Sabha loses authority
98. Section 38V ensures relocation is:
a. Automatic
b. Strictly conditional and rights-protective
c. Unregulated
d. Optional without safeguards
99. Ecological assessment for relocation must consider:
a. Market price
b. Impact on tiger survival and habitat
c. Political pressure
d. Industrial demand
100. Section 38W of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 deals with:
a. Zoo regulation
b. Alteration and de-notification of tiger reserves
c. Hunting of wild animals
d. Arms licensing
101. Alteration in boundaries of a tiger reserve can be made only on recommendation of:
a. State Forest Department
b. Tiger Conservation Authority
c. Gram Sabha
d. District Collector
102. Approval for alteration of tiger reserve boundaries is also required from:
a. Supreme Court
b. National Board for Wild Life
c. Finance Commission
d. Police Department
103. De-notification of a tiger reserve can be done by State Government:
a. Without conditions
b. Only in public interest with approval of Tiger Conservation Authority and National Board for Wild Life
c. Only by Gram Sabha approval
d. Only by Central Government
104. Section 38X provides for establishment of:
a. Zoo Authority
b. Tiger Conservation Foundation
c. Wildlife Crime Bureau
d. Forest Tribunal
105. Tiger Conservation Foundation is established by:
a. Central Government
b. State Government
c. Supreme Court
d. National Board for Wild Life
106. One key objective of Tiger Conservation Foundation is:
a. Mining promotion
b. Ecological, economic, social and cultural development in tiger reserves
c. Industrial expansion
d. Arms regulation
107. Eco-tourism under Section 38X is to be promoted:
a. Without local involvement
b. With involvement of local stakeholder communities
c. Only by private companies
d. Only by Central Government
108. Tiger Conservation Foundation can mobilise resources by:
a. Only government taxes
b. Recycling entry and other fees from tiger reserves
c. Foreign loans only
d. Arms trade
109. One objective includes support for:
a. Mining and industry
b. Research, environmental education and training
c. Urban development
d. Real estate projects
110. Assets under the Foundation are created for:
a. Private profit
b. Fulfilling objectives of conservation and eco-development
c. Industrial use
d. Military use
111. Section 38W ensures:
a. Easy alteration of tiger reserves
b. Strict control over boundaries and de-notification
c. No protection of tiger reserves
d. Private ownership of tiger reserves
112. De-notification of tiger reserve requires:
a. Only State Government decision
b. Approval of Tiger Conservation Authority and National Board for Wild Life
c. Only Panchayat approval
d. Only Forest Officer approval
113. Main purpose of Tiger Conservation Foundation is:
a. Revenue generation only
b. Support conservation and eco-development in tiger reserves
c. Industrial licensing
d. Land acquisition
114. Section 38Y of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 deals with:
a. Tiger Conservation Foundation
b. Constitution of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
c. Zoo recognition
d. Declaration of sanctuaries
115. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is constituted by:
a. State Government
b. Central Government
c. Supreme Court
d. National Board for Wild Life
116. The Bureau is known as:
a. National Tiger Authority
b. Tiger and other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau
c. Forest Protection Agency
d. Wildlife Protection Council
117. Director ex officio of the Bureau is:
a. Inspector-General of Forests
b. Director of Wildlife Preservation
c. Chief Wildlife Warden
d. Forest Secretary
118. Additional Director of the Bureau is:
a. Deputy Inspector-General of Police
b. Inspector-General of Police
c. District Magistrate
d. Chief Secretary
119. Joint Director (Police cadre) designation is held by:
a. Inspector-General of Police
b. Deputy Inspector-General of Police
c. Superintendent of Police
d. Commissioner of Police
120. Joint Director (Forest cadre) designation is:
a. Chief Wildlife Warden
b. Deputy Inspector-General of Forests
c. Range Forest Officer
d. Conservator of Forests
121. Joint Director (Customs and Excise) is:
a. Assistant Commissioner
b. Additional Commissioner (Customs and Central Excise)
c. Collector
d. Finance Secretary
122. Other officers in the Bureau may be appointed from:
a. Only private sector
b. Officers covered under Sections 3 and 4 of the Act
c. Only judiciary
d. Only NGOs
123. Main objective of Section 38Y is:
a. Tourism promotion
b. Control of wildlife crime and protection of endangered species
c. Industrial regulation
d. Land acquisition
124. The Bureau is specifically focused on:
a. Banking fraud
b. Tiger and endangered species crimes
c. Cyber crimes
d. Taxation
125. Bureau structure primarily combines:
a. Judiciary and Parliament
b. Police, forest and customs officers
c. Panchayat members only
d. Private companies
126. Section 38Z of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 deals with:
a. Zoo regulation
b. Powers and functions of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
c. Declaration of National Parks
d. Hunting permissions
127. One major function of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is:
a. Land acquisition
b. Collection and collation of intelligence related to organized wildlife crime
c. Forest diversion approvals
d. Tourism promotion
128. Wildlife Crime Control Bureau maintains:
a. Civil registry
b. Centralised wildlife crime data bank
c. Land records
d. Tax records
129. Dissemination of wildlife crime intelligence is done to:
a. Only Central Government
b. State and other enforcement agencies
c. Private agencies
d. Gram Panchayats only
130. Coordination under Section 38Z includes:
a. Only State Governments
b. Various officers, State Governments and other authorities
c. Only judiciary
d. Only NGOs
131. Implementation of obligations relates to:
a. Domestic tax laws
b. International Conventions and protocols on wildlife
c. Labour laws
d. Company law
132. Wildlife Crime Control Bureau assists:
a. Foreign governments and international organisations
b. Only local police
c. Only courts
d. Private hunters
133. Bureau develops infrastructure for:
a. Mining investigation
b. Scientific and professional investigation into wildlife crimes
c. Civil disputes
d. Agricultural planning
134. Bureau assists State Governments in:
a. Real estate management
b. Successful prosecution of wildlife crimes
c. Banking regulation
d. Education policy
135. Bureau also advises Government of India on:
a. Sports policy
b. Wildlife crime issues and legal/policy changes
c. Railway policy
d. Health schemes
136. Powers of Bureau include:
a. Only advisory functions
b. Delegated powers under sections 5, 50 and 55
c. Judicial powers
d. Land acquisition powers only
137. Overall objective of Section 38Z is:
a. Industrial development
b. Wildlife crime prevention and enforcement coordination
c. Urban planning
d. Revenue collection
138. Section 39 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 deals with:
a. Zoo recognition
b. Wild animals etc. to be Government property
c. Tiger reserve management
d. Hunting permits
139. Under Section 39, every wild animal hunted in contravention of the Act becomes:
a. Private property
b. State Government property
c. Gram Sabha property
d. Forest contractor property
140. Wild animal hunted in a sanctuary or National Park becomes property of:
a. State Government
b. Central Government
c. Private owner
d. Local Panchayat
141. Which of the following is included as Government property under Section 39?
a. Only live animals
b. Animal articles, trophies, uncured trophies and meat derived from wild animals involved in offences
c. Only timber
d. Only plants
142. Ivory imported into India in violation of the Act becomes:
a. Private property
b. State Government property
c. Central Government property
d. Tribal property
143. Vehicles, weapons, traps used in committing wildlife offences are:
a. Returned to owner
b. Government property upon seizure
c. Auctioned immediately
d. Not regulated
144. Any person obtaining Government property must report it within:
a. 24 hours
b. 48 hours
c. 7 days
d. 30 days
145. Report of possession of Government property must be made to:
a. District Court
b. Nearest police station or authorised officer
c. Gram Panchayat
d. Private NGO
146. Government property in possession must be handed over to:
a. Private buyer
b. Police station in-charge or authorised officer
c. Forest contractor
d. Zoo authority
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