Q. The Government of India has proposed to launch an International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) to protect big cats. With reference to International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) consider the following statements:
1.It will provide a platform for the dissemination of information on benchmarked practices and capacity building for the protection and conservation of big cats.
2.Jaguar is one of the cats included for protection and conservation under IBCA.
Select the correct option using the code given below:

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: C
Notes:

Explanation –

Statement 1 and 2 are correct. IBCA will provide a platform for the dissemination of information on benchmarked practices and capacity building for the protection and conservation of big cats. IBCA provides protection and conservation to seven major big cats – tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, puma, jaguar, and cheetah.

Source: ForumIAS