UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — BIHAR
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: State Maps — Bihar.
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Key locations covered (15)
- Valmiki National Park — Bihar
- Valmiki Tiger Reserve — Bihar
- Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Wildlife Sanctuary — Bihar
- Pant (Rajgir) Wildlife Sanctuary — Bihar
- Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary — Bihar
- Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary — Bihar
- Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary — Bihar
- Nagi Dam Wildlife Sanctuary — Bihar
- Nakti Dam Wildlife Sanctuary — Bihar
- Kanwar Jheel (Kanwar Taal) Wildlife Sanctuary — Bihar
- Udaipur Wildlife Sanctuary — Bihar
- Kanwar Taal (Ramsar) — Bihar
- Nagi Bird Sanctuary (Ramsar) — Bihar
- Nakti Bird Sanctuary (Ramsar) — Bihar
- Bihar — State Animal: Gaur — Bihar
Sample questions (12 of 32)
Valmiki National Park is in which Indian state?
Bihar — Bihar's only national park
Valmiki NP forms India's only tiger habitat in which Himalayan foothill zone?
Indo-Gangetic foothill / Terai region of Bihar (Shivalik foothills)
Valmiki NP shares its northern boundary with which neighbouring country?
Nepal — adjoining the Chitwan + Parsa national parks of Nepal
Valmiki NP is named after which sage?
Sage Valmiki — author of the Ramayana, traditionally associated with this region
Valmiki Tiger Reserve is Bihar's only Tiger Reserve. It is in which district?
West Champaran district
Valmiki TR was declared under Project Tiger in which year?
1990 — the 18th Tiger Reserve of India
Valmiki TR is contiguous with which Nepali Tiger Reserve forming a trans-boundary conservation landscape?
Chitwan National Park + Parsa Wildlife Reserve (Nepal)
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin WLS is India's only protected area dedicated to which animal?
Gangetic River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) — India's National Aquatic Animal
Vikramshila Dolphin WLS lies along which stretch of the Ganga?
A ~60 km stretch from Sultanganj to Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district
When was the Gangetic Dolphin declared India's National Aquatic Animal?
2009 — by the Government of India
Pant WLS is at which major Buddhist + Magadhan historic site?
Rajgir — first Magadhan capital under Bimbisara; also first Buddhist Council site
Gautam Buddha WLS is near which Buddhist heritage site?
Bodh Gaya — site of Buddha's enlightenment under the Bodhi tree; UNESCO World Heritage
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About this topic
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 — Bihar. 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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