RAS question
Where has a captive breeding centre for the Lesser Florican been established?
Correct answer: (C) Ajmer.
The captive breeding centre for the Lesser Florican has been established at Ajmer in Rajasthan.
Explanation
A National CAMPA project brief supports Ajmer as the answer. Under the Great Indian Bustard conservation project, Rajasthan had three fully functional conservation breeding centres, and the Lesser Florican facility was located in Ajmer. Bijainagar in Ajmer was specified for LF and operated during 2020-24. This directly fits a captive or conservation breeding centre for the Lesser Florican. The work was not merely about a general wildlife location: wild-laid eggs were collected, artificially hatched and hand-reared to secure a captive founder stock, and the facilities housed 13 Lesser Floricans in captivity.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Udaipur was not the Lesser Florican conservation breeding centre under the National CAMPA project brief.
- (B) Jodhpur was not the location of the Lesser Florican facility; the LF centre was in Ajmer.
- (D) Bharatpur was not the Lesser Florican breeding facility location; the project brief recorded Ajmer for that centre.
Concept
This tests species-conservation infrastructure in Rajasthan, a recurring RAS environment theme because exam questions often ask where flagship captive-breeding or conservation projects are located. It also checks careful distinction between a species' wider habitat associations and the specific official breeding-centre site.