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Detailed explanation-1: -The Correct Answer is “Uttarakhand". India’s first Snow Leopard Conservation Centre will be opened in the Uttarkashi forest division in UttarakhandUttarakhand state forest department will open India’s first conversation center for snow leopards in Uttarakashi district.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hemis National Park, Gangotri National Park, Khangchendzonga National park and Great Himalayan National Park are some protected areas where snow leopards are known to be found.

Detailed explanation-3: -Snow leopards live in the mountainous regions of Central and Southern Asia. In India, their geographical range encompasses a large part of the western Himalayas, including the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern Himalayas.

Detailed explanation-4: -The project was launched by the government of India in 2009 to safeguard and conserve India’s unique natural heritage in the region of the Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

Detailed explanation-5: -The snow leopards in Uttarakhand are found in the high-altitude areas including the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, Askot Wildlife Sanctuary, the Gangotri National Park and other high-altitude places (3000-4500 meters).