Consider the following statements:1.Asiatic lion is naturally found in India only.2.Double-humped camel is naturally found in India only.3.One-horned rhinoceros is naturally found in India only.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. A

   1 only

   (a) 1 only. The Asiatic lion’s only natural wild population today is in and around Gir, Gujarat, so statement 1 is true. The Bactrian (double-humped) camel is native across Central Asia, not India only. The greater one-horned rhinoceros is wild in India and Nepal (Kaziranga–Chitwan belt). So only statement 1 stands, and 1 only is the official key.

2. B

   2 only

   (b) 2 only. Double-humped camel is not India-endemic in the wild, so 2 only is not the key.

3. C

   1 and 3 only

   (c) 1 and 3 only. Statement 3 fails because the one-horned rhino is also naturally in Nepal, so this pair is not the key.

4. D

   1, 2 and 3

   (d) 1, 2 and 3. Statements 2 and 3 fail the ‘India only’ test, so all-three is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (a) 1 only. Gir holds the last natural Asiatic lions. Double-humped camels of Nubra are a trans-Himalayan stock of a wider Central Asian species. One-horned rhino ranges into Nepal. Honour the stored letter (a).