RAS question
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve was notified in which year?
Correct answer: (B) 2013.
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu was notified in 2013 under Project Tiger.
Explanation
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve was notified in 2013. The NTCA brief identifies it as covering the forests of Erode and Sathyamangalam Divisions, with strong biodiversity and ecological continuity with Mudumalai, BRT and Bandipur tiger reserves. That setting explains why the notification matters in a Project Tiger question: the reserve is not only an isolated protected area but part of a wider tiger-conservation landscape, with monitored tiger occupancy and potential to support a viable tiger population. The MCQ therefore tests the notified year, and the supported answer is 2013. India's conservation network now includes 58 tiger reserves.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 2010 is earlier than the NTCA-noted notification year; the cited brief states that Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve was notified in 2013.
- (C) 2018 is too late, because the NTCA brief places the notification of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in 2013.
- (D) 2000 does not match the official NTCA brief, which records 2013 as the year of notification.
Concept
This tests Project Tiger and India's tiger-reserve network, especially the chronology of reserve notifications. Such questions recur in RAS because environment topics often combine protected-area facts with conservation geography.