UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
Andaman & Nicobar — Environment + Sites (UT) 🌊
NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: State Maps — Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
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Key locations covered (9)
- Saddle Peak National Park — Andaman & Nicobar
- Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park — Andaman & Nicobar
- Campbell Bay National Park — Andaman & Nicobar
- Galathea National Park — Andaman & Nicobar
- Mount Harriet National Park — Andaman & Nicobar
- Rani Jhansi Marine National Park — Andaman & Nicobar
- Narcondam Island Wildlife Sanctuary — Andaman & Nicobar
- Barren Island Wildlife Sanctuary — Andaman & Nicobar
- Andaman & Nicobar — State Animal: Dugong — Andaman & Nicobar
Sample questions (12 of 17)
Saddle Peak NP is on which island of the Andaman group?
North Andaman island
Saddle Peak is the highest peak of the Andaman & Nicobar islands. Approximate height?
732 m
Mahatma Gandhi Marine NP is famous for which ecosystem?
Coral reefs + tropical rainforests + 15 islands around Wandoor (near Port Blair)
Mahatma Gandhi Marine NP was declared in which year?
1983
Campbell Bay NP is on which island?
Great Nicobar — the southernmost Indian territory
Campbell Bay NP forms part of which biosphere reserve?
Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO MAB since 2013)
Galathea NP on Great Nicobar is famous for which Critically Endangered turtle?
Leatherback Sea Turtle — major nesting site
Mount Harriet NP is the third-highest peak of A&N. Its peak features on which Indian currency note?
₹20 note (older series) — Mount Harriet is the back-side image
Rani Jhansi Marine NP covers which group of islands?
Ritchie's Archipelago — eastern Andaman group
Narcondam WLS is famous for which endemic bird?
Narcondam Hornbill (Rhyticeros narcondami) — found only on this single ~7 sq km volcanic island
Narcondam Island is what type of geological feature?
A dormant volcano (sister to Barren Island, India's only active volcano)
Barren Island is unique as what kind of geological feature?
India's only active volcano — last erupted 2017-18
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This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter State Maps — Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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