UPSC Prelims
Environment & Ecology

Vulture Conservation

Low Priority
Consistency: 7%
Weightage: 1 / 15 Yrs

High-Yield Trend

1
2012

Questions
1 MCQs

01
PYQ 2012
prelims
easy
environment ID: upsc-201
Vultures which used to be very common in the Indian countryside some years ago are rarely seen nowadays. This is attributed to
1
the destruction of their nesting sites by new invasive species
2
a drug used by cattle owners for treating their diseased cattle
3
the scarcity of food available to them
4
a widespread, persistent and fatal disease among them