{"id":2366,"date":"2025-04-30T23:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2025-04-30T23:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:43:03","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-132","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-132","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements :"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Statement-I<\/strong>&nbsp;: The Indian Flying Fox is placed under the \u201cvermin\u201d category in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Statement-II :<\/strong>&nbsp;The Indian Flying Fox feeds on the blood of other animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(c) Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"indian-flying-fox\">Indian flying fox<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius), also known as the\u00a0<strong>greater Indian fruit bat,<\/strong>\u00a0is a species of flying fox\u00a0<strong>native to the Indian subcontinent.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>keystone species<\/strong>\u00a0causing seed dispersals of many plants in tropical systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Indian flying fox\u00a0is characterized by its\u00a0<strong>large size and fox-like facial features.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Usually displays a\u00a0<strong>dark brown, gray, or black body, often with a distinct yellowish mantle (typical of Pteropus genus).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Males are generally larger than females.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Geographic Range:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Indian flying fox\u00a0occurs in tropical regions of\u00a0<strong>South Central Asia, from Pakistan to China, and as far south as the Maldive Islands.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>These animals can be found in\u00a0<strong>forests and swamps.<\/strong>\u00a0Large groups of individuals roost in trees such as banyan, fig, and tamarind. Roosting trees are usually in the vicinity of a body of water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES):\u00a0Appendix II<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule II<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Negative Impact:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Indian flying foxes\u00a0<strong>considered as vermin cause extensive damage to fruit orchards<\/strong>, and are therefore considered pests in many regions. They may also be responsible for spreading disease, particularly the Nipah virus, which causes illness and death in humans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Diet:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They maintain a<strong>\u00a0frugivorous diet, supplementing it with insects as well as flowers, containing juice and nectar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Threat:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Being external roosters, the flying fox is exposed to predators and disturbances apart from environmental indicators such as heat and light.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Indian-flying-fox-829x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Indian flying fox\" class=\"wp-image-51771\" style=\"width:555px;height:auto\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Environment 2024 10\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement-I&nbsp;: The Indian Flying Fox is placed under the \u201cvermin\u201d category in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. Statement-II :&nbsp;The Indian Flying Fox feeds on the blood of other animals. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements? Answer:&nbsp;(c) Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect Indian flying fox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[36],"years":[49],"class_list":["post-2366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-environment","years-49"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":36,"label":"Environment"}],"years":[{"value":49,"label":"2024"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":36,"name":"Environment","slug":"environment","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":36,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":193,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}