Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve was declared in which year?

Explanation

Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve was notified in 2023 as Rajasthan's fifth tiger reserve, covering parts of Dholpur and Karauli districts. The official National Tiger Conservation Authority list places Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan and records its year as 2023. The chronology is clear: Ramgarh Vishdhari belongs to the previous year, 2022, while Dholpur-Karauli is the later Rajasthan entry. For an RAS question, the year is the key recall point because tiger reserves are often tested through their notification sequence and district association, not only through their names.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) 2019 is too early; the NTCA list records Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve with the year 2023, not 2019.
• (B) 2022 refers to Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in the NTCA list, while Dholpur-Karauli is listed separately with 2023.
• (C) 2020 does not match the official NTCA entry for Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve, which records 2023.

Concept

This tests Rajasthan geography under protected areas and wildlife conservation, especially the sequence of tiger reserve notifications. It recurs in RAS because district-wise reserves and their declaration years are compact, high-yield facts.

Source

• National Tiger Conservation Authority
• https://ntca.gov.in/about-us/

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