Daily Quiz – 04.07.2026

Statement I: Long-term tiger conservation depends not merely on increasing tiger numbers but on maintaining ecologically connected breeding populations across landscapes.

Statement II: The recent Tiger Conservation Roadmap identifies priority tiger reserves for habitat recovery, prey restoration and targeted reintroductions because a significant proportion of India's tigers is concentrated in a limited number of reserves while several reserves support very few or no tigers.

Statement III: Once suitable habitat is available in a tiger reserve, reintroduction of tigers alone is sufficient to establish a viable tiger population irrespective of prey availability, landscape connectivity and local community acceptance.

Which of the following relationships among the above statements is/are correct?

1. Statement II provides empirical support for the conservation approach expressed in Statement I.
2. Statement III contradicts the approach implicit in Statement I.
3. Statements I and III together imply that habitat restoration alone is a sufficient condition for successful tiger conservation.

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1. It prescribes minimum standards relating to infrastructure, staffing, safety and childcare services in crèche facilities.
2. It mandates the constitution of a Crèche Administrative Committee with representation from parents for monitoring the quality of services.

III. It requires establishments employing 50 or more workers to provide crèche facilities under the relevant labour laws.

The above statements have been associated with which of the following?

1. National Minimum Standards & Protocol for Crèches (2024)
2. Code on Social Security, 2020
3. Mission Shakti
4. Palna Scheme

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1. It involved the widespread adoption of high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice supported by assured irrigation.
2. Expansion of fertilizer consumption, pesticide use, and institutional credit formed important supporting components.

III. Its benefits were initially concentrated in regions with well-developed irrigation infrastructure rather than uniformly across the country.

1. It immediately resulted in the replacement of foodgrain cultivation by commercial plantation crops across India.

The above statements have been associated with which of the following?

1. Agricultural modernization through technological intervention
2. Achievement of national food self-sufficiency
3. Decentralization of rural governance through constitutional reforms
4. Regional disparities in agricultural development

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