Question

The largest National Park in Madhya Pradesh is 
1. Sardarpur
2. Sanjay Sagar
3. Chambal
4. Kanha

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Kanha

The correct answer is Kanha.

• Kanha National Park is a national park and a Tiger Reserve, located in the Mandla and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh.
• It is the largest national park in Madhya Pradesh with 940 sq. km under it.
• Kanha National Park was created on 1 June 1955.
• The park has a significant population of Royal Bengal Tiger, Leopards, the Sloth Bear, Barasingha, and Indian wild dog.
• The Park is respected globally for saving the Barasingha from near extinction. It is also the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, "Bhoorsingh the Barasingha".
• The forest of the Kanha Tiger Reserve was originally inhabited by two indigenous tribes of Central India, the Gonds, and the Baigas.

• There are 101 existing national parks in India covering an area of 40,564.00 km2, which is 1.23% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database, December 2019).
• Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number of National Parks (10).
• Hemis National Park, located in Ladakh is the largest national park in India. It was formed in 1981.