Which is the oldest national park of Madhya Pradesh, declared a national park in 1955?
- A.Bandhavgarh
- B.Kanha
- C.Satpura
- D.Panna
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Kanha. Kanha, spread over Mandla and Balaghat districts in the Maikal range, was declared a national park in 1955, which makes it the oldest in the state, and it became one of the nine reserves with which Project Tiger began in 1973. Its sal and bamboo meadows are the place where the hard ground barasingha was brought back from the edge of extinction, and the deer is the mascot of the park. Option A, Bandhavgarh in Umaria, became a national park later and is known for its fort and its white tiger history. Option C, Satpura, in Narmadapuram, dates from the early 1980s and anchors the Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve. Option D, Panna, was notified in the 1980s and became a tiger reserve in the 1990s. Kanha with 1955 and the barasingha is the safest pair in this topic.
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Practice Questions
View allThe barasingha, the state animal of Madhya Pradesh, was saved from extinction in which national park?
- A.Pench
- B.Kanha
- C.Kuno
- D.Madhav
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The hard ground barasingha or swamp deer had fallen to a few dozen animals in the Kanha meadows, and a long programme of grassland management and protection brought the population back, which is why the barasingha is the state animal of Madhya Pradesh and the emblem of Kanha.
Read the full explanation →Cheetahs brought from Namibia in September 2022 were released in which national park?
- A.Kuno
- B.Nauradehi
- C.Satpura
- D.Sanjay Dubri
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Kuno, in Sheopur district on the Kuno river, received the cheetahs flown in from Namibia in September 2022 under Project Cheetah, the first intercontinental translocation of a large carnivore; the area had been cleared and prepared years earlier as a second home for the Asiatic lions of Gir, which gave…
Read the full explanation →Bandhavgarh National Park, associated with the white tiger, lies in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Umaria
- B.Mandla
- C.Panna
- D.Shivpuri
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Bandhavgarh National Park lies in Umaria district around the old Bandhavgarh fort, which stands on a hill inside the park and once belonged to the rulers of Rewa.
Read the full explanation →Which national park of Madhya Pradesh is known both for diamond mining in its neighbourhood and for a successful reintroduction of tigers?
- A.Pench
- B.Panna
- C.Ratapani
- D.Bori
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Panna National Park, spread over Panna and Chhatarpur districts along the Ken river, lies beside the diamond bearing tract of Panna, the only diamond mining area worked in India, and it lost its tigers completely before animals brought from other reserves re-established a breeding population, a recovery cited as a…
Read the full explanation →The Bhimbetka rock shelters, a World Heritage Site, lie within which wildlife sanctuary of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Ratapani
- B.Karera
- C.Ghatigaon
- D.Kheoni
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The Bhimbetka rock shelters, with their prehistoric paintings, lie in the Raisen district within the limits of the Ratapani sanctuary, a teak forest of the Vindhyan range south of Bhopal that was later notified as a tiger reserve.
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