Correct answer: (b) Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary
Explanation
- A
Corbett National Park
Corbett in Uttarakhand is a tiger landscape in the Shivaliks. It was not the approved second home for Gir lions. This option is not the key.
- B
Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary
Kuno-Palpur (Kuno) Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh was prepared as the translocation site for Asiatic lions from Gir, Gujarat, under a Supreme Court-backed reintroduction plan. That is why (b) is the official key.
- C
Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary
Mudumalai in the Nilgiris is a tiger–elephant landscape, not the lion second-home site. This option is therefore wrong.
- D
Sariska National Park
Sariska in Rajasthan is known for tiger reintroduction from Ranthambhore, not for Gir lions. This option is not the key.
Summary. Official key is (b) Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary. Asiatic lions survive as a single wild population in Gir, so a second site was ordered to cut extinction risk. Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno was scientifically assessed and legally designated for that shift. Corbett, Mudumalai and Sariska are tiger (or tiger–elephant) parks, not the lion project. Gujarat long resisted the move; the site name remains Kuno.
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