Map Based Test - 2 - UPSC MCQ

• Similipal National Park is a national park and a tiger reserve in the Mavurbhani district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is part of the Similipal- Kuldiha -Hadgarh Elephant Reserve popularly known as Mayurbhanj Elephant Reserve, which includes three protected areas — Similipal Tiger Reserve , Hadgarh Wildlife Sanctuary and Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary .Similipal National Park derives its name from the abundance of semul (red silk cotton trees) that bloom here . It was the second largest national park in India.
• Simlipal is home to 99 royal Bengal tigers and 432 wild elephants. Besides "7Simlipal is famous for oaurs (Indian bison), chausingha. As well as an orchidarium.

• The Dudhwa National Park is a national park in the Terai of Uttar Pradesh. India.
• It is part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.
• It is located on the Indo-Nepal border in the Lakhimour Kheri District, and has buffer of reserved forest areas on the northern and southern sides.
• It represents one of the few remaining examples of a highly diverse and productive Terai ecosystem, supporting a large number of endangered species.
• Tributaries of the Ghagra River flow through the park. The water bodies also support a wide variety of wildlife like turtles, crocodiles.

Manas National Park:

• It’s a National Park Project Tiger Reserve, Elephant reserve and Biosphere Reserve present in Assam.
• It’s a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site.
• The name of this national park is on the river which passes through it.

• Delhi -Yamuna river
• Agra-Yamuna river
• Visakhapatnam- Gosthani river
• Hyderabad- Musi river(tributary of Krishna river)

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2. Madhya Pradesh-5
3. Uttar Pradesh-8
4. Maharashtra-6