RAS question
Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve was notified in which year?
Correct answer: (C) 2013.
Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan was notified in 2013 under Project Tiger.
Explanation
Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve is a Rajasthan tiger reserve notified in 2013 under Project Tiger. The official National Tiger Conservation Authority tiger-reserve list supports this date: its row for Mukundara in Rajasthan records the notification year as 2013 and links to the reserve's notification. This is why 2013 is the operative exam answer, not a nearby year chosen from the expansion timeline of India's tiger reserves. For an RAS question, the key is to connect the named Rajasthan protected area with its formal tiger-reserve notification year, because the notification year marks when it entered the Project Tiger reserve framework.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 2010 is wrong because the NTCA tiger-reserve list records Mukundara in Rajasthan with notification year 2013, not 2010.
- (B) 2018 is wrong because it is later than the 2013 notification year recorded for Mukundara on the official NTCA list.
- (D) 2000 is wrong because Mukundra Hills was not notified as the tiger reserve in that year; the official list gives 2013.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan geography through the protected-area and wildlife-conservation part of the syllabus. Such facts recur in RAS because candidates are expected to know Rajasthan's tiger reserves and their formal notification milestones.