Colleges in Uttarakhand

Yes, physics students can apply for the wildlife science course at Wildlife Institute of India. You are eligible for this. Also, if you are looking for something quick, there are a few short-term courses that teach you all that you learn in a Master's course like PRiMER, a week-long certificate course offered by Gubbi Labs twice a year. Do check out their website and see if they have any courses coming up soon. It is an extensive and intensive course on ecology and wildlife from the research perspective.

With this rank, you can't get direct admission in UPES. To get admission now, either you can go for ULSAT examination, which is conducted by UPES itself or may talk to the admin department once.
Apart from UPES, you can try for BVP-Pune.

The placement in UPES is quite decent. The percentage of placement is above 90% and the companies are quite good. You can get admission in UPES through ULSAT, LSAT and CLAT. You can get admission in UPES with your rank, as it takes CLAT rank up to 5000.

The eligibility for the BA hons English asserts that a Candidate must pass 10+2 with minimum 50% marks from a recognized board. Selection of Candidate on the basis of merit in qualifying exam.

The entire admission process is based on merit list with not prescribed cut off but as to my knowledge a general category student should score at least 450+ to bag admission into GBPUAT- B.V.Sc. & A.H.
No General Knowledge is not a part of question paper but students with better GK perform better in life ahead.
All the best.

The entire admission process is based on merit list with not prescribed cut off, but as to my knowledge a general category student should score at least 450+ to bag admission into GBPUAT B.V.Sc. & A.H.

Yes, you can get fire and safety with this rank. It's a good rank. So in my knowledge there should not be any problem in getting this branch.

Yes, you can get UPES through JEE Mains rank. But you must register for it.