RAS question
Achanakmar Tiger Reserve was notified in which year?
Correct answer: (A) 2009.
Achanakmar Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh was notified under Project Tiger in 2009.
Explanation
Achanakmar Tiger Reserve was notified in 2009, so option A is the right answer. The National Tiger Conservation Authority Tiger Reserves page lists tiger reserves with their declaration year, state, core and buffer area details, and gazette notification links; in that table, Achanakmar appears in Chhattisgarh and its year of declaration is 2009, with a linked notification PDF. For RAS, the key is to connect the named reserve with both its state and its notification year, because tiger-reserve questions often test precise chronology rather than a broad conservation theme.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) 2000 is not the year listed for Achanakmar on the NTCA tiger-reserve table; Achanakmar is shown with 2009.
- (C) 2006 does not match the NTCA entry for Achanakmar, which records its declaration year as 2009.
- (D) 2014 is later than the NTCA-listed declaration year for Achanakmar; the table records Achanakmar as a 2009 tiger reserve.
Concept
This tests Environment and Ecology static GK: tiger reserves under Project Tiger, especially state-wise mapping and notification years. It recurs in RAS because Rajasthan and India-level conservation institutions are frequently asked through direct factual MCQs.