Q. With reference Vermin, consider the following statements;
1.The Wildlife Protection Act does not define the word Vermin.
2.Both Centre and State governments have the power to declare wild animal as vermin.
3.An animal can be declared as vermin for any specifed area and a specified period of time.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Statement 1 is correct: The Wildlife Protection Act does not define the word Vermin.
Statement 2 is incorrect: The 62nd section of the Wildlife Protection Act grants the central government the power to declare any wild animal as vermin.
Statement 3 is correct: An animal can be declared as vermin for any specifed area and a specified period of time. For instance, the Center declared rhesus monkeys in Himachal Pradesh, wild boar in Uttarakhand and Nilgai in Bihar to be vermin.
Source: Down To Earth
