Arrange the following events in chronological order of their commencement :
I. Project Tiger
II. Project Elephant
III. Wildlife Protect Act
IV. Biological Diversity Act
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Arrange the following events in chronological order of their commencement :
I. Project Tiger
II. Project Elephant
III. Wildlife Protect Act
IV. Biological Diversity Act
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

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Correct — C, III, I, II, IV. Ordered by year of commencement: the Wildlife (Protection) Act came first in 1972 (III); Project Tiger was launched the very next year, in 1973 (I); Project Elephant began in 1992 (II); and the Biological Diversity Act was enacted in 2002 (IV). So the sequence earliest to latest is III (1972) → I (1973) → II (1992) → IV (2002).

Why the other options are wrong — (a) This puts Project Tiger (1973) first, but the Wildlife (Protection) Act (1972) precedes it; it also places Project Elephant (1992) before the 1972 Act, which is impossible.  (b) This starts with Project Elephant (1992) — far too late to be first — and ends with the Wildlife (Protection) Act, which is actually the earliest of the four (1972).  (d) It correctly starts with the 1972 Act but then jumps to the Biological Diversity Act (2002) before Project Tiger (1973) and Project Elephant (1992), reversing their true order.

Concept: These are milestones of India's wildlife and biodiversity framework. The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 is the legal backbone (schedules, protected areas). Project Tiger (1973) and Project Elephant (1992) are species-specific programmes creating tiger and elephant reserves. The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 gave domestic effect to the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity and set up the National Biodiversity Authority.

State PCS 2020 Q77 — Environment & Ecology PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2020 Q77 — Environment & Ecology PYQ with Answer