UPSC Prelims 2018·CSAT·Reading Comprehension·Passage Comprehension

Read the following passage and answer the item that follows. Your answer to this item should be based on the passage only. A male tiger was removed from Pench Tiger Reserve and was relocated in Panna National Park. Later, this tiger trekked toward his home 250 miles away. The trek of this solitary tiger highlights a crisis. Many wildlife reserves exist as islands of fragile habitat in a vast sea of humanity, yet tigers can range over a hundred miles, seeking prey, mates and territory. Nearly a third of India's tigers live outside tiger reserves, a situation that is dangerous for both human and animal. Prey and tigers can only disperse if there are recognized corridors of land between protected areas to allow unmolested passage. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. The strategy of conservation of wildlife by relocating them from one protected area to another is no often successful. 2. India does not have suitable legislation to save the tigers, and it: conservation efforts have failed which forced the tigers to live outside protected areas. Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?

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  1. A1 onlyCorrect
  2. B2 only
  3. CBoth 1 and 2
  4. DNeither 1 nor 2

Explanation

The passage describes a tiger being relocated but then trekking 250 miles back home, highlighting this as a "crisis." This directly supports Assumption 1, which states that the strategy of relocating wildlife is not often successful, as the example given was unsuccessful and presented as a symptom of a larger problem. Assumption 2 is not supported by the passage. The passage mentions that "Nearly a third of India's tigers live outside tiger reserves" and that reserves are "islands," requiring "corridors." This describes a problem of habitat fragmentation and human-wildlife conflict, but it does not state or imply that India lacks suitable legislation or that all its conservation efforts have failed. The passage focuses on the challenges of connectivity and human encroachment, not a legislative void or complete failure of all conservation efforts. Therefore, only Assumption 1 is valid based on the passage.
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