RAS question
Mudumalai Tiger Reserve was notified in which year?
Correct answer: (C) 2007.
Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu was notified under Project Tiger in 2007.
Explanation
Mudumalai is listed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority among India's tiger reserves, with Tamil Nadu as the state and 2007 as the notification year. That matches the MCQ's key: the reserve was brought under Project Tiger in 2007, not in a later or earlier option year. The date matters because RAS environment questions often test whether candidates can connect a protected area with its official conservation status rather than merely recognise its name. The same NTCA table places Mudumalai among India's 54 tiger reserves, so the page supports both the specific year and the wider Project Tiger context used in the explanation.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 2012 is wrong because the NTCA tiger-reserve table records Mudumalai's notification year as 2007.
- (B) 2000 is wrong because the official NTCA listing does not show Mudumalai as notified in 2000; it shows 2007.
- (D) 2004 is wrong because Mudumalai's entry in the NTCA list gives 2007 as the notification year.
Concept
This tests protected-area chronology under Environment and Ecology, especially Project Tiger and tiger-reserve notifications. It recurs in RAS because conservation schemes are a compact way to test institutions, geography and official status together.