Consider the following statements :
- 1.Asiatic lion is naturally found in India only.
- 2.Double-humped camel is naturally found in India only.
- 3.One-horned rhinoceros is naturally found in India only.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer: A. Statement 1 is correct: the Asiatic lion survives in the wild only in and around Gir, Gujarat. Statement 2 is wrong: the double-humped (Bactrian) camel lives in Ladakh but mainly in Central Asia (Mongolia, China). Statement 3 is wrong: the one-horned rhino is also found in Nepal. So 1 only.
Watch for: Kaziranga is so famous that students forget Nepal also has wild one-horned rhinos.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because Bactrian camels are found mostly outside India, in Central Asia.
- C. Wrong because one-horned rhinos also live in Nepal's Chitwan National Park.
- D. Wrong because statements 2 and 3 are false.
Source to check: IUCN Red List species pages (Panthera leo persica, Camelus ferus/bactrianus, Rhinoceros unicornis); MoEFCC annual report
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