UPSC Prelims 2017 · Question 30 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2017 question on M Stripes Tiger Monitoring
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2017
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectEnvironment and Ecology
- TopicBiodiversity
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeDirect
The term ‘M-STrIPES’ is sometimes seen in the news in the context of
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Answer: B. Maintenance of Tiger Reserves
Verdict
The answer is maintenance of Tiger Reserves. M-STrIPES is a tiger monitoring system.
Analysis
Monitoring System for Tigers, Intensive Protection and Ecological Status is a software based monitoring system launched in 2010 in tiger reserves to reduce the vulnerability of tigers. It enables field managers to record and assess the intensity and spatial coverage of patrols within a geographic information system, so that anti poaching effort can be directed where cover is thin. It has nothing to do with captive breeding, satellite navigation or highway security.
Source
Press reporting on the deployment of M-STrIPES in tiger reserves.
How to crack it
Expand the acronym, since the capital letters spell out Monitoring System for Tigers, and the answer is contained in the expansion. Government and conservation acronyms in India are usually constructed backwards from a memorable word, which makes expansion both possible and decisive. Note the reusable pairing too: M-STrIPES goes with the National Tiger Conservation Authority and with the four yearly all India tiger estimation, so the three surface together.
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