UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — HIMACHAL PRADESH
Himachal Pradesh — Environment + Sites 🐆
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: State Maps — Himachal Pradesh.
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Key locations covered (13)
- Great Himalayan National Park — Himachal Pradesh
- Pin Valley National Park — Himachal Pradesh
- Inderkilla National Park — Himachal Pradesh
- Khirganga National Park — Himachal Pradesh
- Simbalbara National Park — Himachal Pradesh
- Chandratal Wildlife Sanctuary — Himachal Pradesh
- Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary — Himachal Pradesh
- Pong Dam Lake Wildlife Sanctuary — Himachal Pradesh
- Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary — Himachal Pradesh
- Chandertal Lake (Ramsar) — Himachal Pradesh
- Pong Dam Lake (Ramsar) — Himachal Pradesh
- Renuka Lake (Ramsar) — Himachal Pradesh
- Himachal Pradesh — State Animal: Snow Leopard — Himachal Pradesh
Sample questions (12 of 31)
Great Himalayan NP is in which Himachal Pradesh district?
Kullu district
When was Great Himalayan NP inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
2014 — for its outstanding mountain biodiversity
Great Himalayan NP protects which iconic Himalayan species?
Snow Leopard + Himalayan Brown Bear + Himalayan Tahr + Western Tragopan
Great Himalayan NP forms part of which UNESCO conservation cluster?
It is also part of the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area
Pin Valley NP is in which Himachal district?
Lahaul + Spiti district
Pin Valley NP is famous for which big cat?
Snow Leopard — one of India's best-known snow-leopard habitats
Pin Valley NP is in which type of climatic zone?
Cold desert (Trans-Himalayan, similar to Ladakh)
Inderkilla NP is in which Himachal district?
Kullu district
Khirganga NP is in which Himachal valley?
Parvati Valley (Kullu district)
Khirganga is famous for which natural feature?
Hot springs — at an elevation of ~3,000 m, a pilgrim site for Shiva devotees
Simbalbara NP is in which Himachal district?
Sirmaur district — Shivalik foothills
Simbalbara NP protects which Sal-dominated forest type?
Sal forest of the Shivalik foothills
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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 — Himachal Pradesh. 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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