Questions 26-29 refer to the following passage.

Thanks to conservation efforts, India's tiger population has increased by over 30 percent in the

past four years, from 2226 to 2967. Described by Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi,__26.__ a

"historic achievement', these figures suggest that India is on track to meet its 2010 St. Petersburg

Declaration target, _ 27. __his country pledged to double its wild tiger population by 2022. At the time,

India had an estimated 1 700 wild tigers.

The figures are based on a survey __28.__ every four years by wildlife officials who trek across

380,000 square kilometers of land looking for evidence of the tiger population.

According to Modi, forest cover in India has grown in the last five years, along with increased

numbers of protected areas. He adds that India is now one of the biggest and most secure __29.__ of the tiger, making it an increasingly safer home for 70 percent of the world's tigers.