2019
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Question
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Which state for the first time has undertaken census of otters?
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Punjab
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Uttar Pradesh
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Jharkhand
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Karnataka
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 2019, the state of Uttar Pradesh conducted the first otter census in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve.
Detailed explanation-2: -India’s first ‘Otter Conservation Reserve’ in Karnataka – ‘Tungabhadra Otter Reserve’.
Detailed explanation-3: -India is home to 3 of the 13 species of otters found worldwide. These are - Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra); Smooth-coated Otter (Lutra perspicillata) and Small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus). The Smooth-coated Otter is distributed throughout the country from the Himalayas southward.
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