RAS question
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan is known for which species?
Correct answer: (C) Leopard and Wild Boar.
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan is known for leopards and wild boar.
Explanation
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary lies around the Mount Abu hill station in Sirohi district, and the Urban Development Department, Government of Rajasthan, ZMP 2030 Mount Abu Eco-Sensitive Zone lists panther or leopard and wild boar among the animal species of the sanctuary. Its population table for important animals records panthers and wild boar in the sanctuary, alongside leopards, wild boars, sambar deer and bird species. This makes option C the best match: it names two species directly associated with Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary. The Urban Development Department, Government of Rajasthan, ZMP 2030 Mount Abu Eco-Sensitive Zone also says tiger was only reported up to 1970, which helps separate Mount Abu from Rajasthan's tiger-linked reserves. The setting matters because Mount Abu is Rajasthan's hill-station landscape, not a desert or Chambal river habitat.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Tiger is not the present identifying species for Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary; the Urban Development Department, Government of Rajasthan, ZMP 2030 Mount Abu Eco-Sensitive Zone says tiger was reported only up to 1970.
- (B) Great Indian Bustard is associated with Desert National Park, not with the Mount Abu hill-sanctuary fauna listed here.
- (D) Gharial is linked to the Chambal system, whereas Mount Abu's fauna list supports leopard or panther and wild boar instead.
Concept
This tests protected-area species association in Rajasthan geography. RAS repeatedly asks such pairings because reserves, sanctuaries and signature fauna are a compact way to test environment, location and regional ecology together.