Multiple choice

'The Man-Eaters of Kumaon' is a well-known book by

  1. Edmund Hillary

  2. JP Dalvi

  3. Jim Corbett

  4. Kailash Sankhla
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Explanation

Jim Corbett (1875-1955) was a British-Indian hunter and conservationist who authored 'The Man-Eaters of Kumaon' (1944). The book chronicles his experiences hunting man-eating tigers and leopards in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. Corbett later became a prominent wildlife conservationist, and India's oldest national park is named in his honor.

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