Which is the only mixed World Heritage Site in India, inscribed for both cultural and natural value?
- A.Khangchendzonga National Park
- B.Great Himalayan National Park
- C.Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
- D.Sundarbans National Park
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Khangchendzonga National Park. This park in Sikkim was inscribed in 2016 under both the natural and the cultural criteria, which makes it India's only mixed site. It was recognised for its glaciers, forests and rare high-altitude wildlife and also for the sacred meaning the mountain holds in the beliefs of the communities living around it, where peaks, caves, rivers and lakes are worshipped.
Option B, the Great Himalayan National Park in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, was inscribed in 2014 as a purely natural site. Option C, Nanda Devi and the Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand, is also natural, Nanda Devi from 1988 and the Valley of Flowers added in 2005. Option D, the Sundarbans in West Bengal, was inscribed in 1987 as a natural site for its mangrove ecosystem and its tigers, not for cultural value.
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Practice Questions
View allIn which year was the UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted?
- A.1945
- B.1959
- C.1972
- D.1992
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The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1972 and came into force in 1975 once enough countries had ratified it.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following pairs of sites was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1983, in India's first group of entries?
- A.Khajuraho and Hampi
- B.Taj Mahal and Agra Fort
- C.Sun Temple, Konark and Elephanta Caves
- D.Sanchi and Bhimbetka
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India's first four World Heritage Sites were inscribed together in 1983: the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort in Uttar Pradesh, and the Ajanta and Ellora caves in Maharashtra.
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- A.Rajasthan
- B.Madhya Pradesh
- C.Gujarat
- D.Maharashtra
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Read the full explanation →The Kakatiya Rudreshwara temple, better known as the Ramappa temple and inscribed in 2021, is in which state?
- A.Karnataka
- B.Telangana
- C.Andhra Pradesh
- D.Tamil Nadu
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The Ramappa temple stands at Palampet in the Mulugu district of Telangana. It was built in the early thirteenth century under the Kakatiya rulers of Warangal by their general Recharla Rudra, and is named after its sculptor Ramappa, a rare case of a temple carrying its craftsman's name.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian city was declared the country's first World Heritage City in 2017?
- A.Jaipur
- B.Varanasi
- C.Ahmedabad
- D.Hyderabad
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The Historic City of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah in the fifteenth century on the eastern bank of the Sabarmati, was inscribed in 2017 and became the first city in India to enter the World Heritage List as a whole city.
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