Q. In which of the following states/union territories is/are snow leopard found?
1. Jammu & Kashmir
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Uttar Pradesh
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

[A] 1 only

[B] 1 and 2 only

[C] 2 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: B
Notes:

Snow leopard is the icon of high mountains of Asia.  

  • In India, they inhabit the higher Himalayan and Trans-Himalayan landscape in an altitudinal range between approximately 3,000 m to 5,400 m above MSL, spanning c. 100,000 km2 in the five states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.  
  • This area contributes to about 5% of the global snow leopard range.  
  • Long term research and conservation efforts in India have made it one of the best researched snow leopard range countries in the world. 

Source: http://164.100.117.97/WriteReadData/userfiles/SPAI.pdf 

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