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Which of the following is true about Indian Vulture ?
1. It is called Gyps Indicus as per binomial nomenclature.
2. The cause of decline in the population of Indian Vultures has been identified as poisoning caused by the veterinary drug Diclofenac.
3. Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre is situated in Jharkhand.
4. Recently, Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme was launched for the conservation of Indian Vulture by the Haryana Government.
Answer: D
Statements 1, 2 and 4 are true, so the answer is 1, 2 and 4 only.
The Indian vulture is Gyps indicus (1). Its numbers crashed by more than 95 percent from the 1990s; the cause was identified as diclofenac, a painkiller given to cattle, which causes kidney failure in vultures that feed on treated carcasses (2). Haryana launched the Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme in 2016, releasing captive-bred birds from its breeding centre (4).
Statement 3 is the false one. The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre is at Pinjore in Haryana, not in Jharkhand. That rules out every option containing 3, which is why '3 and 4 only' and '1, 2, 3 and 4' are wrong, and '1 and 2 only' leaves out the true statement 4.
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