'Project Tiger' was started in India in

Options

A. 1972
B. 1973
C. 1981
D. 1985

Answer

B

Explanation

Project Tiger is a tiger conservation programme launched in 1973 by the Government of India. The project aims at ensuring a viable population of Bengal tigers in their natural habitats and also to protect them from extinction and preserving of areas of biological importance as a natural heritage forever represented as close as possible the diversity of ecosystems across the tiger.s distribution in the country.