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    The Prime Minister of India released the figures of the 5th cycle of India's Tiger Census 2022 in April, while inaugurating the International Big Cat Alliance in Mysuru, Karnataka to mark 50 years of Project Tiger. The census found that tiger numbers have grown to 3,167 in 2022, up from 2,967 in 2018, though the growth rate has slowed. While tiger populations increased in some areas, declines were observed in Western Ghats, Northeast Hills, and some central Indian states. The Nilgiri cluster was identified as having the largest tiger population globally.

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    The Prime Minister of India released the figures of the 5th cycle of India's Tiger Census 2022 in April, while inaugurating the International Big Cat Alliance in Mysuru, Karnataka to mark 50 years of Project Tiger. The census found that tiger numbers have grown to 3,167 in 2022, up from 2,967 in 2018, though the growth rate has slowed. While tiger populations increased in some areas, declines were observed in Western Ghats, Northeast Hills, and some central Indian states. The Nilgiri cluster was identified as having the largest tiger population globally.

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    The Prime Minister of India released the figures of the 5th cycle of India's Tiger Census 2022 in April, while inaugurating the International Big Cat Alliance in Mysuru, Karnataka to mark 50 years of Project Tiger. The census found that tiger numbers have grown to 3,167 in 2022, up from 2,967 in 2018, though the growth rate has slowed. While tiger populations increased in some areas, declines were observed in Western Ghats, Northeast Hills, and some central Indian states. The Nilgiri cluster was identified as having the largest tiger population globally.

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    The Prime Minister of India released the figures of the 5th cycle of India's Tiger Census 2022 in April, while inaugurating the International Big Cat Alliance in Mysuru, Karnataka to mark 50 years of Project Tiger. The census found that tiger numbers have grown to 3,167 in 2022, up from 2,967 in 2018, though the growth rate has slowed. While tiger populations increased in some areas, declines were observed in Western Ghats, Northeast Hills, and some central Indian states. The Nilgiri cluster was identified as having the largest tiger population globally.

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    • The Prime Minister (PM) of India has released the figures of the 5th

    cycle of India’s Tiger Census (All-India Tiger Estimation) 2022.


    • The PM released the Census while inaugurating the International Big
    Cat Alliance (IBCA) at Mysuru, Karnataka, to mark 50 years of Project
    Tiger.

    About Tiger Census:


    • The National Tiger Census is done by the National Tiger Conservation
    Authority (NTCA) in partnership with state forest departments,
    conservation NGOs, and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII).
    • Period: Once every four years (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
    • The double sampling method (introduced in 2006) is used in the
    national tiger census, which involves ground-based surveys and
    camera-trap images.
    • The growth rate slowed to 6.7% in the
    four years from 2018 to 2022, from
    around 33% during 2014-2018.
    • There has been a significant increase
    in the tiger population in the Shivalik
    Hills and Gangetic Plains.
    • Uttar Pradesh’s Suhelwa Wildlife
    Sanctuary and northwest of Yamuna
    in Himachal Pradesh are the new
    areas where the tigers were found.
    • Tiger occupancy in the Western Ghats
    declined, with significant declines
    observed in the Wayanad landscape
    and in the Biligiriranga Hills.
    • Tiger occupancy in Northeast Hills,
    Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and
    Telangana also showed a decline.
    • The Nilgiri cluster (Nagarahole to Biligiriranga Hills) has the largest
    tiger population in the world.
    • The genetically unique and small population of tigers in Simlipal
    Tiger Reserve, Odisha has been highlighted as area being of high
    conservation priority.

    Tiger Reserves
    • Total Tiger Reserves in India: 53 (as per NTCA)
    • Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala is the best-maintained of all Tiger
    Reserves followed by Satpura Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh),
    Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Nagarhole Tiger Reserve (Karnataka)
    • Largest Tiger Reserve on the basis of core area: Nagarjunsagar
    Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Andhra Pradesh
    • Smallest Tiger Reserve on the basis of core area: Orang tiger
    reserve, Assam.
    Important MCQs
    Q.1

    Recently (April 2023), The Prime Minister (PM) of India has released
    the figures of the ____________ cycle of India’s Tiger Census (All-India
    Tiger Estimation) 2022.
    A. 3rd
    B. 7th
    C. 5th
    D. 6th
    E. 10th

    Answer: Option C
    Q.2

    Recently (April 2023), PM released the Tiger Census 2022 while


    inaugurating the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) at
    ____________________, to mark 50 years of Project Tiger.
    A. Karnataka
    B. New Delhi
    C. Madhya Pradesh
    D. Gujarat
    E. Telangana

    Answer: Option A
    Q.3

    As per the recently (April 2023) released Tiger Census 2022, the
    current tiger population in India is _______________, up from 2,967 in
    2018.
    A. 4,617
    B. 3,467
    C. 3,617
    D. 3,167
    E. 6,167

    Answer: Option D
    Q.4

    As per the recently (April 2023) released Tiger Census 2022, the
    growth rate of tiger population slowed to 6.7% from 2018 to 2022,
    from around ______________ during 2014-2018.
    A. 13%
    B. 33%
    C. 23%
    D. 15%
    E. 27%

    Answer: Option B
    Q.5

    As per the recently (April 2023) released Tiger Census 2022,


    _______________________ is the largest tiger population in the world.
    A. Nilgiri cluster
    B. Northeast Hills
    C. Western Ghats
    D. Wayanad landscape
    E. Biligiriranga Hills

    Answer: Option A
    Q.6

    As per the recently (April 2023) released Tiger Census 2022, the genetically
    unique and small population of tigers in ____________________________________ is
    highlighted as being of high conservation priority.
    A. Orang tiger Reserve
    B. Nagarjunsagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve
    C. Satpura Tiger Reserve
    D. Periyar Tiger Reserve
    E. Simlipal Tiger Reserve

    Answer: Option E
    Q.7

    _____ is the best-maintained of all Tiger Reserves followed by Satpura Tiger


    Reserve .
    A. Orang tiger reserve
    B. Nagarjunsagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve
    C. Nagarhole Tiger Reserve
    D. Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala
    E. Simlipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha

    Answer: Option D

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