Question

In which state is the Kanha National Park situated?
1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Haryana
3. Karnataka
4. Manipur

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Madhya Pradesh

The correct answer is Madhya Pradesh.

• Kanha Tiger Reserve, also called Kanha National Park, is one of the tiger reserves of India and the largest national park of Madhya Pradesh, a state in the heart of India.
  • The present-day Kanha area is divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km2 respectively.
  • Kanha National Park was created on 1 June 1955 and in 1973 was made the Kanha Tiger Reserve.
  • Today it stretches over an area of 940 km2 in the two districts Mandla and Balaghat.

•  The park has a significant population of the Royal Bengal tiger, Indian leopards, the sloth bear, barasingha, and Indian wild dog.
  • The forest depicted in the famous novel by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book is based on jungles including this reserve.
  • It is also the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, “Bhoorsingh the Barasingha”.