{"id":311,"date":"2023-06-11T21:31:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T16:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=311"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:17:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:47:12","slug":"q-with-reference-to-indian-elephants-consider-the-following-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-indian-elephants-consider-the-following-statements","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0With reference to Indian elephants, consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The leader of an elephant group is a female<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The maximum gestation period can be 22 months<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An elephant can normally go on calving till the age of 40 years only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Among the States in India, the highest elephant population is in Kerala<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 3 and 4 only<\/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: (a) 1 and 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The leader of an elephant group is the&nbsp;<strong>oldest female<\/strong>. She leads the group in search of food and water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The gestation period of the breeding pair is nearly&nbsp;<strong>22 months<\/strong>&nbsp;which yields a single baby. During birth, females of the herd surround the mother for her protection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average life expectancy of an elephant is&nbsp;<strong>70 years<\/strong>&nbsp;and at the age of&nbsp;<strong>18 years<\/strong>, its adulthood starts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>South Indian states dominate in having a number of elephants. As per Elephant Census (2017),&nbsp;<strong>Karnataka has the highest number of elephants (6,049), followed by Assam (5,719) and Kerala (3,054).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/elephant-reserves-in-india-upsc\/\">Project Elephant<\/a>&nbsp;i<\/strong>s a Central Government sponsored scheme launched in February 1992.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is implemented in&nbsp;<strong>16 out of 29&nbsp;<\/strong>states of the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World Elephant Day is celebrated on&nbsp;<strong>12th August every year.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are around&nbsp;<strong>28,000 elephants in India with around 25% of them in Karnataka.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Must Read:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/elephant-reserves-in-india-upsc\/\">Elephant Reserves in India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_b8896f-ad .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_b8896f-ad .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_b8896f-ad\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? 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