UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — GOA
Goa — Environment + Sites 🐃
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 — Goa.
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Key locations covered (9)
- Mollem National Park — Goa
- Mhadei Tiger Reserve (proposed/notified) — Goa
- Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary — Goa
- Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary — Goa
- Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary — Goa
- Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary — Goa
- Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary — Goa
- Nanda Lake (Ramsar) — Goa
- Goa — State Animal: Gaur — Goa
Sample questions (12 of 18)
Mollem National Park is in which state?
Goa — Goa's only national park
Mollem NP is the core area of which larger protected complex?
Bhagwan Mahavir WLS + Mollem NP together form Goa's largest contiguous protected area
Which famous waterfall lies inside Mollem NP?
Dudhsagar Falls — India's tallest waterfall by some rankings; on the Mandovi river
Mollem NP lies in which mountain range?
Western Ghats (declared UNESCO World Heritage cluster)
Mhadei WLS is being upgraded to Goa's first Tiger Reserve. In which year was it ordered to be notified?
2023 — Bombay High Court ordered the Goa government to declare it a TR
Mhadei TR shares boundary with which two states' tiger landscapes?
Karnataka (Bhimgad WLS + Kali TR) + Maharashtra (Sahyadri TR)
Bhagwan Mahavir WLS is Goa's largest WLS. It is contiguous with which NP?
Mollem National Park
Bhagwan Mahavir WLS is in which Goa district?
South Goa (Sanguem taluka)
Mhadei WLS is the source area of which major river?
Mandovi (Mhadei) — Goa's most important river
Cotigao WLS is in which Goa district?
South Goa, near the Karnataka border
Cotigao WLS contains canopy watchtowers for what purpose?
Wildlife viewing in the dense semi-evergreen Western Ghats forest
Netravali WLS is famous for which natural phenomenon?
Bubbling lakes ('Budbudyanchi Tali') — natural underground gas bubbles in the lake
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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 — Goa. 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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