{"id":84826,"date":"2025-06-01T02:51:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=84826"},"modified":"2025-06-01T02:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:51:27","slug":"which-of-the-following-statements-about-the-olive-ridley-turtles-is-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-about-the-olive-ridley-turtles-is-ar\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following statements about the olive ridley turtles is\/ar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following statements about the olive ridley turtles is\/are correct?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world.<\/li>\n<li>They live in warm waters of Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.<\/li>\n<li>The Coromandel Coast in India is the largest mass nesting site for the olive ridley turtles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1, 2 and 3&#8243; option2=&#8221;1 and 2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;2 and 3 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1 only&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CDS-1 &#8211; 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2018\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nLet&#8217;s evaluate the statements about olive ridley turtles:<br \/>\n1. They are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world. This statement is correct. Olive ridleys are indeed the smallest sea turtles and globally the most numerous.<br \/>\n2. They live in warm waters of Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. This statement is correct. Olive ridleys have a wide distribution, inhabiting tropical and warm temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.<br \/>\n3. The Coromandel Coast in India is the largest mass nesting site for the olive ridley turtles. This statement is incorrect. While olive ridleys nest on the Coromandel Coast (like near Chennai), the *largest* mass nesting site (known as arribada) in India, and one of the largest globally, is Gahirmatha Beach in Odisha, which lies on the Bay of Bengal coast, north of the Coromandel Coast.<br \/>\nBased on the analysis, statements 1 and 2 are correct, while statement 3 is incorrect.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; Olive ridleys are the smallest and most common sea turtle species.<br \/>\n&#8211; They are found in warm waters worldwide.<br \/>\n&#8211; India is an important nesting ground, particularly known for &#8216;arribadas&#8217; (mass nesting events).<br \/>\n&#8211; Gahirmatha in Odisha is the most significant mass nesting site in India.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nOlive ridley turtles are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Apart from Gahirmatha, other mass nesting sites in India include Rushikulya rookery and Devi river mouth in Odisha. Nesting also occurs in scattered locations along the coasts of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and other states, but usually not in mass nesting events on the scale of Odisha&#8217;s major sites. Threats to olive ridleys include entanglement in fishing gear, habitat loss, poaching, and climate change.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following statements about the olive ridley turtles is\/are correct? They are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world. They live in warm waters of Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The Coromandel Coast in India is the largest mass nesting site for the olive ridley turtles. Select &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Which of the following statements about the olive ridley turtles is\/ar\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-about-the-olive-ridley-turtles-is-ar\/#more-84826\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Which of the following statements about the olive ridley turtles is\/ar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[1114,1224,1136],"class_list":["post-84826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cds-1","tag-1114","tag-biodiversity","tag-environment-and-ecology","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Which of the following statements about the olive ridley turtles is\/ar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Let&#039;s evaluate the statements about olive ridley turtles: 1. They are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world. This statement is correct. Olive ridleys are indeed the smallest sea turtles and globally the most numerous. 2. They live in warm waters of Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. This statement is correct. Olive ridleys have a wide distribution, inhabiting tropical and warm temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. 3. The Coromandel Coast in India is the largest mass nesting site for the olive ridley turtles. This statement is incorrect. While olive ridleys nest on the Coromandel Coast (like near Chennai), the *largest* mass nesting site (known as arribada) in India, and one of the largest globally, is Gahirmatha Beach in Odisha, which lies on the Bay of Bengal coast, north of the Coromandel Coast. Based on the analysis, statements 1 and 2 are correct, while statement 3 is incorrect. - Olive ridleys are the smallest and most common sea turtle species. - They are found in warm waters worldwide. - India is an important nesting ground, particularly known for &#039;arribadas&#039; (mass nesting events). - Gahirmatha in Odisha is the most significant mass nesting site in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-about-the-olive-ridley-turtles-is-ar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Which of the following statements about the olive ridley turtles is\/ar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Let&#039;s evaluate the statements about olive ridley turtles: 1. They are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world. This statement is correct. Olive ridleys are indeed the smallest sea turtles and globally the most numerous. 2. They live in warm waters of Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. This statement is correct. Olive ridleys have a wide distribution, inhabiting tropical and warm temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. 3. The Coromandel Coast in India is the largest mass nesting site for the olive ridley turtles. This statement is incorrect. While olive ridleys nest on the Coromandel Coast (like near Chennai), the *largest* mass nesting site (known as arribada) in India, and one of the largest globally, is Gahirmatha Beach in Odisha, which lies on the Bay of Bengal coast, north of the Coromandel Coast. Based on the analysis, statements 1 and 2 are correct, while statement 3 is incorrect. - Olive ridleys are the smallest and most common sea turtle species. - They are found in warm waters worldwide. - India is an important nesting ground, particularly known for &#039;arribadas&#039; (mass nesting events). - Gahirmatha in Odisha is the most significant mass nesting site in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-about-the-olive-ridley-turtles-is-ar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCQ and Quiz for Exams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-01T02:51:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Which of the following statements about the olive ridley turtles is\/ar","description":"Let's evaluate the statements about olive ridley turtles: 1. 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