Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : West Bengal
The correct answer is West Bengal. - Buxa Tiger Reserve or Buxa National Park set up at the north-eastern corner of West Bengal bordering Bhutan and Assam in the Alipurdur District is a protected Forest Reserve of Dooars.
- Buxa Tiger Reserve was created in 1983 as the 15th tiger reserve in India.
- Buxa derived its name from the famous Buxa Fort.
- The diversity of mammals in the Buxa Tiger Reserve ranks second highest among all the tiger reserves of India.
- Tiger Reserve available in Utter Pradesh is Dudhwa & Pilibhit.
- Tiger Reserve available in Kerala is Periyar & Parambikulam.
- Tiger Reserve available in Andhra Pradesh is Nagarjunsagar Srisailam.
- Tiger Reserve available in Arunachal Pradesh is Namdapha.
- Tiger Reserve available in Assam is Kaziranga.
- Project Tiger was launched by the Government of India in the year 1973 to save the endangered species of tiger in the country. Starting from nine (9) reserves in 1973-2016 the number is grown up to fifty (50). A total area of 71027.10 km2 is covered by these project tiger areas.
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