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The correct answer is Shravasti and Balrampur.

Key Points

• The Suhaildev Wildlife Sanctuary is located close to the Indo-Nepal border.
• It is located in the Shravasti and Balrampur districts of Uttar Pradesh.
• It was established in 1988.
• Total area: 452 sq km.
• It has a buffer zone of 220 sq km.
• This Buffer Zone covers the Bhabar and Rampur range.
• Vegetation: Sheesham, Khair, Jigna, Haldu, etc.
• Wildlife: Tigers, Cheetal, Bear, Langoor, Python, Nightingales, Cuckoo, Qualis. etc.

Additional Information

• There is a total of 11 Wildlife Sanctuaries in Uttar Pradesh.
• The first Wildlife Sanctuary was Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary.
  • ​Set up in 1957 in Chandauli district.
• The largest Wildlife Sanctuary is Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary.
  • ​Total area: 2073 sq km.
• The smallest Wildlife Sanctuary is Mahavir Swami Wildlife Sanctuary.
  • ​Total area: 5.40 sq km.

The correct answer is Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary.

Key Points

• Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary
  • ​It is the largest wildlife sanctuary of Uttar Pradesh.
  • It covers the district of Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, Bijnor, and Amroha.
  • It was established in 1986.
  • Total area: 2073 km²
  • It is a part of the Asia Flyway project.
    • It is included in the Central Asian Flyway.
  • The sanctuary is home to Swamp deer, Hog deer, Sambhar, Cheetal, Crane, Pythons, etc.

Important Points

• Asia Flyway Project
• It is an initiative of the World Wildlife Fund.
  •  Objective
    • ​To conserve habitats for migratory birds.
    • To raise awareness among people regarding the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats.
  • There are 5 flyways in Asia
    • Asian-East African Flyway
    • Central Asian Flyway (India is part of this)
    • East-Asian-Australasian Flyway
    • West-Pacific Flyway
    • African-Eurasian Flyway​

The correct answer is Assam.

Key Points

• Nameri Tiger Reserve
  • The Nameri Tiger Reserve (NTR) is situated in the northern part of the Sonitpur district of Assam.
  • It is situated along the foothills of Arunachal Pradesh.
  • The habitat is biologically rich and is famous for the white-winged wood duck.​

Additional Information

• Other National Parks in Assam
  • Kaziranga National Park
  • Dibru - Saikhowa National Park
  • Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park
  • Manas National Park
  • Nameri National Park
• ​​Project Tiger was launched by the Indira Gandhi government in 1973 from the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand.
• The tiger is an endangered species in the world.

Important Points 

The correct answer is October.

Key Points

•  Wildlife Week
  • In the month of October, Wildlife Week is celebrated in India.
  • Every year in October, from the second to the eighth, India observes National Wildlife Week.
  • The goal of this week is to safeguard and preserve India's flora and animals.
  • With the long-term objective of preserving the lives of animal species that are endangered and threatened, Wildlife Week was first conceived in 1952.

Additional Information

•  An Indian Board of Wildlife has been established by the Indian government, and it works to raise public awareness about the need to protect wildlife.
• Workshops are offered throughout the week to help people of all ages understand the complexity of wildlife.

The correct answer is Chandauli.

Key Points

• Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary is located at a distance of about 70 kilometers from the pilgrimage city of Varanasi.
  • Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh and is a part of Kashi Wildlife Division.
  • Hastinapur WLS( Merrut, Muzaffarnagar, Hapur, Amroha, Bijnore) is the largest WLS in UP and Mahavir Swami WLS( Lalitpur) is the smallest WLS in UP.

Additional Information

The correct answer is ​Rajasthan.

Key Points

• Ranthambore National Park is one of the largest and most famous national parks in North India.
• The area of Ranthambore National Park is 392 square kilometres.
• The park is mainly known for its tigers and is one of the best places in India to see majestic predators in its natural habitat.
• Ranthambore National Park is a vast wildlife reserve near the town of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, northern India.
• It is a former royal hunting ground and home to tigers, leopards, and marsh crocodiles.

Optional 3 is correct, i.e. Himachal Pradesh.

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The correct answer is Anginda.

Key Points

• Anamudi Peak is located on the border of Kothamangalam Taluka in the Ernakulam district and Devikulam Taluk of Idukki district of Kerala in India.
  • It is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and South India at an altitude of 2,695 meters and a topographic prominence of 2,479 meters.
  • The mountain derives its name from the Malayalam word Anamudi which means Elephant's head in the English language.
  • It is the largest mountain in Kerala and it is also the highest mountain in peninsular India.
  • It is also called "Everest of South India".
• Anginda Peak is the highest peak in Silent Valley National Park, Palakkad.
  • It is a mountain in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats on the border of the Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu and Palakkad district of Kerala.
  • It has a height of 2,383 meters.
  • The tributary of Bharathappuzha i.e River kunthipuzha arises from this peak.
• Devimala Peak is situated in the Anamalai Hills of Kerala and it is the highest peak in the Devikulam hill station.
  • It is one of the fourteen highest peaks of the Western Ghats in Devikulam taluka of Idukki district.
• Perumal Peak is located in the Kodaikanal district of Tamilnadu and It is also known as the Perumal Malai Peak. 
  • It has an elevation of a total of 2,440 meters​.

Image of Anginda Peak:

The correct answer is Loktak Lake.

Key Points:

• Keibul Lamjao National Park, the only floating park in the world, is located in the Loktak lake.
• Keibul Lamjao National Park is the only floating National Park in the world.
• It is the home of the brow-antlered deer which is one of the most endangered deer in the world.
• It is located in the Bishnupur district of Manipur in India.
• It is an integral part of Loktak Lake.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Kerala.

Key Points

• Silent Valley National Park:
  • Located in the Palakkad district in the Nilgiri Mountains of Kerala.
  • It is at the heart of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and consists of areas of South Western Ghats rain forests and tropical wet evergreen jungle.
  • River Kunthi passes through it.
  • Silent Valley Park is known for many highly endangered species such as lion-tailed macaque, tiger, gaur, leopard, wild boar, panther, Indian Civet, and Sambhar. 

​Additional Information

The correct answer is Himachal Pradesh.

Key Points:

• Pin Valley National Park is a National park of India located within the Lahaul and Spiti district, in the state of Himachal Pradesh, in far Northern India.
• With its snow laden unexplored higher reaches and slopes, the Park forms a natural habitat for a number of endangered animals including the snow leopard and Siberian ibex.

Key Points

Mistake Points 

• Pench National Park is on the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
• So Pench National Park(Jawahar Lal Nehru) is in Maharashtra and Pench(Priyardishini) National Park is in Madhya Pradesh.
• So if it simply asks Pench then the Answer will be Madhya Pradesh only, but if it's written in the bracket with a description then choose accordingly.

The correct answer is Namdapha National Park.

Key Points

• Namdapha National Park is the largest protected area in the Eastern Himalayan sub-region.
• It is a wide protected area of 1,985 km² in Arunachal Pradesh of Northeast India.
• The national park harbours the northernmost lowland evergreen rainforests in the world at 27°N latitude.
• Even harbours vast dipterocarp forests, covering the northwestern parts of the eco-region rainforests Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin.
• It is the fourth largest national park in India.

Additional Information

The correct answer is West Bengal.

• The Buxa Tiger Reserve is located in West Bengal.

Key Points

• Buxa Tiger Reserve was established in 1983.
• It was the then 15^th tiger reserve in India.
• Animals found in Buxa Tiger Reserve Indian leopard, Bengal tiger, clouded leopard, giant squirrel, gaur, chital, and wild boar.

• National Park/Wildlife sanctuary in West Bengal are West Sunderban Wildlife Sanctuary, Gorumara National Park, Neora Valley National Park, Singalila National Park, Sunderban National Park (STR) Tiger Reserve, and Jaldapara National Park.

Additional Information

Note: Recently Madhya Pradesh’s Panna National Park has been declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

• Also known as the Rajiv Gandhi National Park, the Nagarhole National Park is located in the Mysore and Kodagu districts of Karnataka.
• Along with the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, the Nagarhole National Park forms one of India's primary Tiger Reserves.
• The park was set up as a wildlife sanctuary in 1955 and upgraded to a national park in 1988.
• It spreads over an area of 642.39 km² and is a part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.
• In addition to tigers, the park is also inhabited by Indian leopard, striped hyena, chital, sam, gaur, wild boar, sambar deer, etc.

The correct answer is Arunachal Pradesh.

Key Points

• The Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve is located in Changlang District, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, close to the international boundary between India and Myanmar (Burma).
• The government designated it as a tiger reserve in 1983.

Additional Information

• In India, marine protected area concerned with coral reefs, mangroves, lagoons, estuaries, sea grass.
  • Gulf of Mannar National Park, Tamil Nadu.
  • Gulf of Kutch Marine National Park, Gujarat.
  • Gulf of Kutch Marine Sanctuary, Gujarat.
  • Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, Andaman & Nicobar.
  • Gahirmatha Sanctuary, Odisha.