Question

Q. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

There’s a part of India where the tiger may still have a fighting chance ; the Western- Ghats.

The big cat roams free here and in good numbers, from the southern tip right up to

Maharashtra, Eight tiger reserves-in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala have been rated

‘good’ to ‘satisfactory’ by the Centre’s 2009 preliminary status report on the tiger. Experts

say this is because of good governance, constant surveillance and monitoring, pro-active

local tribes a zealous scientific community, habitat quality and contiguity and an excellent

‘prey base’, which means plentiful supplies of deer.

ln Mudumalal, for instance, tiger numbers are believed nearly to have doubled in recent

times. Field director Rajiv K Srivastava says antipoaching watchers patrol the deep

deciduous forests round-the-clock. “The wireless network helps rush them to vulnerable areas

when they receive information about movement of suspected poachers,” he adds. Each

watcher, mostly from a local tribe, covers 15-20 km daily.

The tiger has also returned to Sathyamangalam sanctuary-erstwhile Veerappan country-after

two decades. Some say this is because the guns have fallen silent, along with rising tiger

numbers in adjoining Mudumalal and Bandipur; which sends the animals looking for more

area to roam. Scientists working in the field spotted two tigresses with five cubs at two

different locations last year. Forest officers estimate that there are atleast 10 tigers in the

division.

The 2008 status report on tigers by the National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife

Institute of India estimates tiger numbers in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and

Kerala at 402, with a lower limit of 336 and upper limit of 487. The Bandipur and Nagar-hole

tiger reserves are almost full “High quality research on tigers and their prey base has resulted

in a pool of scientific data which facilitates reliable monitoring” says Ravi Chellam, country

director, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), India programme, WCS staff range across

22,00 sq km of forest in Karnataka, tracking tigers to gather data from the field. Every

quarter, the WCS shares data with the Karnataka forest department. “Strict protection of the

forests by using science is the hallmark of tiger conservation in Karnataka,” says Chellam.

(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes using a suitable

format. Use 4 to 6 abbreviations wherever necessary.

(b) Write a summary in not more than 80 words.l​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

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