RAS question
Godawan (Great Indian Bustard) breeding center is at:
Correct answer: (D) Sam (Jaisalmer).
The Godawan, or Great Indian Bustard, breeding centre asked in this RAS question is at Sam in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
Explanation
Sam in Jaisalmer is the right answer because the breeding centre for the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard is in the Sam area of Jaisalmer's Desert National Park. The official PIB release states that a satellite conservation breeding facility for the Great Indian Bustard, equipped for incubation, hatching, chick rearing and captive-bird housing, has been set up at Sam, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. That makes the question a location-identification item, not a general bird-sanctuary or zoo question. For RAS, the trap is to recognise Godawan as Rajasthan's Great Indian Bustard conservation issue and connect the breeding facility specifically with Sam, Jaisalmer.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Jaipur Zoo is not the location given for the Godawan breeding centre; the Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change identifies Sam, Jaisalmer, as the satellite conservation breeding facility.
- (B) Jodhpur is a tempting Rajasthan desert-region option, but the question asks for the breeding centre, while Jodhpur is associated with CAZRI rather than the Godawan facility.
- (C) Bharatpur is known here as a bird-sanctuary location, but the Great Indian Bustard breeding centre is at Sam in Jaisalmer, not Bharatpur.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan wildlife conservation geography: matching a flagship species with its protected-area and facility location. It recurs in RAS because Godawan is a state-specific conservation theme and location-based factual traps are common in Rajasthan geography MCQs.