Question

In which year the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act was implemented?
A.1972
B.1962
C.1982
D.1992

Answer 1

Hint:The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act was passed just three years after then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared national emergency. In the same decade liberation war for East Pakistan was fought which resulted in creation of Bangladesh.

Complete answer:
The human populace has developed dramatically in the course of recent years, to in excess of seven billion individuals today, and it proceeds to quickly develop. This implies common assets are being devoured quicker than at any other time by the billions of individuals on the planet. This development and improvement additionally jeopardizes the environments and presence of different kinds of wildlife around the globe, especially creatures and plants that might be uprooted for land advancement, or utilized for food or other human purposes. Different dangers to wildlife incorporate the presentation of invasive species from different pieces of the world, environmental change, contamination, chasing, fishing, and poaching.
Practice of protecting animal species and plants and their habitats. Main motive of wildlife conservation is to make sure that species survive and people get education about sustainability and wildlife protection.
India has extremely diverse fauna and flora. Ten percent of the world's wildlife species is found in India. Due to urbanisation and industrialisation the ecological balance got highly disturbed as the forests were getting cut more and more, which caused a rapid decline in wildlife in India. To stop the atrocities on flora and fauna, the Indian parliament passed the Wildlife (Protection) Act, on August 21, 1972. This act provided the much needed protection to plants and wild animals. This act included various provisions that protected plants and animals from various threats such as hunting, harvesting, poaching etc. Under this Act, various kinds of penalties are also laid down for the violation of the laws contained therein.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note:Before the implementation of this act there were only nine tiger reserves in India, right now there are forty one tigers that have been established ever since this act got implemented. Under this act various projects for saving endangered species were started, for example ‘Project Tiger’.