Multiple choice

Great Indian Bustard is one of the endangered species. Their population has been diminishing due to which of the following reasons?

  1. Habitat loss
  2. Frequent poaching
  3. Construction of windmills

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. 3 only

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The great Indian bustards have been vanishing over the years due to habitat loss. Thar Desert is the only landscape in the world that provides viable breeding population to great Indian bustards. While changing lifestyle in the desert and uncontrollable human activities have endangered the species, thousands of windmills around the park are posing a serious threat to the great Indian bustard.

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