With reference to the detailed report of Tiger Census 2018 released by Government of India in July 2020, which of the following Statement(s) is/ are correct?1.India has 70% of total global tiger's population.2.Nearly 30% of India's tigers live outside tiger reserve.Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

1. A

   1 only

   (a) 1 only. India did hold about 70% of the world’s tigers in the 2018 Status of Tigers report released in July 2020, so statement 1 stands. Leaving out statement 2 drops the second finding that a large share of tigers live outside notified tiger reserves.

2. B

   2 only

   (b) 2 only. Nearly 30% of India’s tigers were estimated outside reserves, so statement 2 is right, but this choice discards the equally correct global-share figure in statement 1.

3. C

   1 and 2 both

   (c) 1 and 2 both. The July 2020 detailed 2018 census put India at roughly 70% of global tigers, and it also recorded that nearly three-tenths of the national population lived outside tiger reserves. Both statements match that report, so this is the official key.

4. D

   Neither 1 nor 2

   (d) Neither 1 nor 2. Both figures were in the 2018 Status of Tigers material released in 2020, so rejecting both is the opposite of the report.

Summary. Official key is (c). The 2018 tiger census, whose detailed report the Union released in July 2020, placed about 70% of the world’s tigers in India and found that nearly 30% of India’s tigers lived outside tiger reserves. Statement 1 and statement 2 are therefore both correct.