SSC CHSL 2025 PYQ — Question 89

The correct answer is Option 1: 91.
Explanation:
By June 2025, the total number of Ramsar Sites in India had reached 91.
Latest Update (June 2025): On June 4, 2025—on the eve of World Environment Day—the Government of India declared two new wetlands in Rajasthan as Ramsar Sites:
Khichan: Phalodi District, Rajasthan.
Menar: Udaipur District, Rajasthan.
Status: With the addition of these two sites, India's total count rose from 89 to 91, which, at that time, was the highest number for any country across Asia.
Note: By the end of 2025 (December 2025), this number had increased to 96; however, your question specifically asks for the count as of June 2025, making 91 the correct answer.
Important Facts about the Ramsar Convention:

• The Convention: It is an international treaty for the conservation of wetlands, signed on February 2, 1971, in the city of Ramsar, Iran.
• India's Participation: India ratified this treaty on February 1, 1982.
• Highest Number of Sites: The state of Tamil Nadu has the highest number of Ramsar Sites (20) in India.
• Largest Site: The Sundarbans Wetland in West Bengal.
• Smallest Site: The Renuka Wetland in Himachal Pradesh.

Important Questions for Upcoming Examinations:
Question: When is World Wetlands Day observed?
Answer: February 2.
Question: Which was India's first Ramsar Site?
Answer: Chilika Lake (Odisha) and Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan) — in 1981.
Question: What is the 'Montreux Record'? Answer: The register of those Ramsar sites where ecological changes are occurring (India's Keoladeo and Loktak Lake are included in this).