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NATIONAL IAS ACADEMY SUPER40 (BOOKLET NUMBER 01) CONTACT: 9632334466 1 | Page PRESENTS SUPER 40 SERIES TOP 40 PDFS FOR UPSC PRELIMINARY EXAM 2019 BOOKLET NUMBER - 1 IMPORTANT WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES AND NATIONAL PARKS VIJAYANAGAR BRANCH: #3444, ‘KARMA KOUSHALYA BHAVAN’, CHORD ROAD, OPPOSITE TO ATTIGUPPE METRO STATION, VIJAYANAGAR, BANGALORE 540040 JAYANAGAR BRANCH: LUCKY PARADISE, 2 ND FLOOR, 8 TH F MAIN ROAD, 22 ND CROSS, OPPOSITE TO ICICI BANK, 3 RD BLOCK, JAYANAGAR, BANGALORE -560011

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Page 1: IMPORTANT WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES AND NATIONAL PARKS€¦ · Jim Corbett National Park Nainital, Uttarakhand It is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey

NATIONAL IAS ACADEMY SUPER40 (BOOKLET NUMBER – 01) CONTACT: 9632334466

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PRESENTS

SUPER 40 SERIES TOP 40 PDFS FOR UPSC PRELIMINARY EXAM 2019

BOOKLET NUMBER - 1

IMPORTANT WILDLIFE

SANCTUARIES AND NATIONAL

PARKS

VIJAYANAGAR BRANCH: #3444, ‘KARMA KOUSHALYA BHAVAN’, CHORD ROAD, OPPOSITE TO ATTIGUPPE

METRO STATION, VIJAYANAGAR, BANGALORE – 540040

JAYANAGAR BRANCH: LUCKY PARADISE, 2ND FLOOR, 8TH F MAIN ROAD, 22ND CROSS, OPPOSITE TO ICICI

BANK, 3RD BLOCK, JAYANAGAR, BANGALORE -560011

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NAME PLACE FAMOUS FOR

Jim Corbett National Park Nainital, Uttarakhand It is the oldest national park

in India and was established

in 1936 as Hailey National

Park to protect the

endangered Bengal tiger.

Kaziranga National Park Golaghat and Nagaon

districts in Assam

The sanctuary hosts two-

thirds of the world's great

one-horned rhinoceroses and

is a UNESCO World

Heritage Site.

Gir Forest National Park and

Wildlife Sanctuary

Junagadh District, Gir

Somnath District and

Amreli Districts in

Gujarat

It is a forest and wildlife

sanctuary and home to the

Asiatic lions.

Sundarbans National Park Dayapur, Gosaba, West

Bengal

It is a National Park, Tiger

Reserve, and a Biosphere

Reserve covered by

mangrove forests and is one

of the largest reserves for the

Bengal tiger and is a

UNESCO World Heritage

Site.

Eravikulam National Park Idukki(Munnar), Kerala A unique aspect of this

national park is the blooming

of the Neelakurinji, a plant

that blooms once every 12

years, and turns the entire

forest a deep shade of blue.

Pench National Park Seoni and Chhindwara

districts of Madhya

Pradesh

It derives its name from the

Pench River that flows

through the park and haven

for Royal Bengal Tigers.

Sariska National Park Alwar district of

Rajasthan

It is a national park and tiger

reserve and is a refuge for

Royal Bengal Tigers.

Kanha National Park Mandla and Balaghat

districts of Madhya

Pradesh

Kanha National Park is one

of the first tiger reserve to

work for Project Tiger in

India and it is the largest

national park of Madhya

Pradesh.

Ranthambore National Park Sawai Madhopur district

of Rajasthan

It is one of the largest

national parks in North India

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and is known for its Bengal

tigers.

Periyar National Park Thekkady, Kerala Periyar National Park and

Wildlife Sanctuary is a

notable as both as a elephant

reserve and a tiger reserve.

Bandhavgarh National Park Umaria district of Madhya

Pradesh

White Tigers were present in

the Bandhavgarh Tiger

Reserve.

Mudumalai National Park Nilgiri District of Tamil

Nadu

Bird watching is an

interesting activity here as

fine bird specimens flock this

area quite often.

Dachigam National Park Srinagar, Jammu and

Kashmir

Only area where Kashmir

stag is found.

Nagarhole National Park Kodagu and Mysore

districts in Karnataka

It is also known as Rajiv

Gandhi National Park.

Bannerghatta National Park Bangalore, Karnataka Also known as Bannerghatta

Biological Park. It is a

popular tourist destination

with a zoo, a pet corner, an

animal rescue centre, a

butterfly enclosure, an

aquarium, a snake house and

a safari park.

Bandipur National Park Chamarajanagar district of

Karnataka

It is part of the Nilgiri

Biosphere Reserve and

largest habitat of wild

elephants in south Asia.

Govind Pashu Vihar National

Park and Sanctuary

Uttarakand It is named after a prominent

Indian freedom fighter and

politician Govind Ballabh

Pant.

Gangotri National Park Uttarkashi District of

Uttarakhand

It was third largest National

park of India.

Nanda Devi National Park Joshimath,Uttarakhand The National Park was

inscribed a World Heritage

Site by UNESCO in 1988.

The latter was expanded and

renamed to Nanda Devi and

Valley of Flowers National

Parks in 2005.

Gulf of Mannar Marine National

Park

It lies 1 to 10 km away

from the east coast of

It consists of 21 small islands

and coral reefs in the Gulf of

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Tamil Nadu, South India

for 160 km between

Thoothukudi (Tuticorin)

and Dhanushkodi.

Mannar in the Indian Ocean

of Tamil Nadu. The park has

a high diversity of plants and

animals in its marine and

shore habitats. Dugong (Sea

Cow), a vulnerable marine

mammal is also found here.

Indira Gandhi National Park Coimbatore District,

Tamil Nadu

Anamalai Tiger Reserve,

earlier known as Indira

Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary

and National Park.

Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur, Rajasthan Keoladeo National Park or

Keoladeo Ghana National

Park formerly known as the

Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is a

man-made and man-managed

wetland and one of the

national parks of India. It is

conferred with World

Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Chandoli National Park Satara, Kolhapur, Sangli

Districts of Maharashtra

It is a natural World Heritage

Site.

Tadoba National Park Chandrapur district of

Maharashtra

It is notable as Maharashtra's

oldest and largest national

park.

Sanjay Gandhi National Park Northern part of Mumbai

city

It is formerly Borivali

National Park

Manas National Park Jyoti Gaon, Assam Also known as Manas

Wildlife Sanctuary,

UNESCO Natural World

Heritage site, a Project Tiger

reserve, an elephant and a

biosphere reserve.

Gulf of Kutch Marine National

Park

Southern shore of the Gulf

of Kutch in Jamnagar,

Gujarat

It is the first national marine

park and also first marine

wildlife sanctuary of India

with 42 islands on Jamnagar

coast in the Marine National

Park.

Van Vihar National Park Bhopal, MadhyaPradesh It is developed and managed

as a modern zoological park.

Keibul Lamjao National Park Bishnupur District,

Manipur

It is the only floating park in

the world and an integral part

of Loktak Lake.

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Sri Venkateswara National Park Chittoor & Cuddapah

districts of Andhra

Pradesh

It is one of the biosphere

reserves of India.

Mahatma Gandhi Marine

National Park

Wandoor, Andaman

Islands

It is also Known as Wandoor

National Park. This National

park is covered with Tropical

Forest.

Mount Harriet National Park Port Blair, Andaman and

Nicobar Islands

The picture on the back side

of Rs 20 note is taken from

Mount Harriet National Park.

The park is named in

commemoration of Harriet

Tytler, wife of Robert

Christopher Tytler, a British

army officer.

Great Himalayan National Park Kullu region in Himachal

Pradesh

The Park was added to the

UNESCO list of World

Heritage Sites. The Unesco

World Heritage Site

Committee granted the status

to the park under the criteria

of "outstanding significance

for biodiversity

conservation".

Khangchendzonga National

Park

Sikkim The park gets its name from

the mountain Kanchenjunga

which is 8,586 metres

(28,169 ft) tall, the third

highest peak in the world.

Nokrek National Park Tura, Meghalaya UNESCO added this

National park to its list of

Biosphere Reserves.

Silent Valley National Park Mannarkkad, Palakkad

District, Kerala

The British named the area

Silent Valley because of a

perceived absence of noisy

cicadas.

National IAS Academy

www.nationalias.com

9632334466, 9632334488

Lucky Paradise, 2nd floor,

8th 'F' main road, 22nd cross,

Opp. ICICI bank,

3rd Block, Jayanagar,

Bangalore – 560011

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