Question

Read the list of National Parks ahd Aninals ‘housed“for conservation:

National Parks	Animals
(A) Bandipur	(i) Tiger reserve
(B) Kaziranga	(ii) Dolphin
(C) Sunderbans	(iii) One horn Rhinoceros. reserve
(D) Simlipal	(iv) Biosphere. and Tiger reserve

Which one of the following is the correct matching?

1. (A) - (ii), (B) - (iv), (C) - (i), (D) - (iii)
2. (A) - (i), (B) - (ii), (C) - (i), (D) - (iv)
3. (A) - (iv), (B) - (iii), (C) - (ii), (D) - (i)
4. (A) - (iii), (B) - (i), (C) - (ii), (D) - (iv)

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : (A) - (iv), (B) - (iii), (C) - (ii), (D) - (i)

The Correct answer is(A) - (iv), (B) - (iii), (C) - (ii), (D) - (i).

• Bandipur National Park - It was established in 1974 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger.
  • It is a national park located in Karnataka.
  • It creates India's biggest biosphere reserve popularly known as the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.
  • Bandipur National Park is the part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve making it the largest protected area in Southern India and the largest habitat of Wild Elephants in South Asia.
• Kaziranga - It is located in the State of Assam and covers 42,996 Hectares.
  • It is the home of the world's most one-horned rhinos.
• The Sundarban National Park - It is located in the southeast of Calcutta and forms part of the Gangetic Delta.
  • The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world, lies across India and Bangladesh on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal.
  • It is home to many rare and globally threatened wildlife species such as the estuarine crocodile, Royal Bengal Tiger, Water monitor lizard, Gangetic dolphin, and olive ridley turtles.
• Similipal National Park - It is a national park and a tiger reserve in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha covering 2,750 km2 (1,060 sq mi).
  • It is part of the Mayurbhanj Elephant Reserve, which includes three protected areas — Similipal Tiger Reserve, Hadgarh Wildlife Sanctuary with 191.06 km2 (73.77 sq mi), and Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary with 272.75 km2 (105.31 sq mi).
  • This protected area is part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves since 2009.