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Match List - I (National Park) with List - II (Important Wildlife) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:List - IList - II(a) Gir national park(i) Elephant(b) Ranthambore(ii) Indian Lion(c) Kaziranga(iii) Tiger(d) Bandipur(iv) One - horned Rhino(e) Kanchenjunga park(v) Musk deer1. (a) - (v), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (ii), e - (i)2. (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i), e - (v)3. (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (v), (d) - (iv), e - (i)4. (a) - (iii), (b) - (v), (c) - (iv), (d) - (ii), e - (i)

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i), e - (v)

Explanation:

Gir national park:

  • Gir national park is located in Gujarat.
  • Gir national park is also known as Sasan Gir.
  • It is famous for Asiatic lions.
  • It is located in Junagadh, Gir Somnath and Amreli districts of Gujarat.

Ranthambore:

  • The Bandhavgarh National Park is known as 'Ranthambore of Rajasthan'.
  • It is situated in Umaria.
  • It was established as National Park in 1968.
  • It was included in Project Tiger in the year 1993.
  • The maximum density of Tiger is found in this park (for every 8 km one Tiger).
  • This is the only National Park surrounded by 32 hills.
  • This park is known for White Tigers.

​Kaziranga:

  • The Kaziranga National Park and the Manas Tiger Project (National Park) are internationally famous for one-horned Rhino and Royal Bengal Tiger respectively.
  • Kaziranga national park is famous for being the world's largest habitat for the great one-horned rhinos.
  • Kaziranga National Park is situated in Assam.
  • It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.

​Bandipur:

  • It is located in Chamarjanagar, Karnataka.
  • It was founded under the "Project Tiger" in the year 1974 by the government of India.
  • The "Project Tiger" was launched in 1973 to protect the population of tigers for scientific, aesthetic, cultural, and ecological values.
  • The Bandipur National Park is aimed at protecting the tiger in their natural habitat.
  • It is extended up to 872.24 sq. km.
  • Apart from the tiger, it is also the habitat of Asiatic elephants, sloths, pythons, jackals, antelopes, etc.
  • In addition, it also includes number of timber like teak, rosewood, sandalwood, etc.
  • The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve also encompasses the parts of Bandipur.

​Kanchenjunga park:

  • Khangchendzonga National Park is a National Park and a Biosphere reserve in Sikkim listed in UNESCO World Heritage Sites in July 2016.
  • It is India's first mixed heritage site, also included in UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme.  
  • It is the natural habitat of  Asian black bear, Red panda, white-bellied musk deer, chestnut-breasted partridge, blood pheasant, and  snow leopard.
  • There are total 14 protected areas in the regions of Kanchenjunga.

The correct match of List-I to List-II is (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i), e - (v)

List - I

List - II

(a) Gir national park

(ii) Indian Lion

(b) Ranthambore

(iii) Tiger

(c) Kaziranga

(iv) One-horned Rhino

(d) Bandipur

(i) Elephant

(e) Kanchenjunga park

(v) Musk deer


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