UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — KERALA
Kerala — 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 — Kerala.
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36QUESTIONS
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Key locations covered (18)
- Periyar National Park — Kerala
- Silent Valley National Park — Kerala
- Eravikulam National Park — Kerala
- Anamudi Shola National Park — Kerala
- Mathikettan Shola National Park — Kerala
- Pambadum Shola National Park — Kerala
- Periyar Tiger Reserve — Kerala
- Parambikulam Tiger Reserve — Kerala
- Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary — Kerala
- Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary — Kerala
- Thattekad Bird Sanctuary — Kerala
- Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary — Kerala
- Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary — Kerala
- Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary — Kerala
- Vembanad-Kol Wetland (Ramsar) — Kerala
- Sasthamkotta Lake (Ramsar) — Kerala
- Ashtamudi Lake (Ramsar) — Kerala
- Kerala — State Animal: Indian Elephant — Kerala
Sample questions (12 of 36)
Periyar National Park is in which Kerala district?
Idukki + Pathanamthitta districts
Periyar is famous for safaris on which lake?
Periyar Lake — formed by the Mullaperiyar Dam built in 1895 by the British
Periyar TR was declared under Project Tiger in which year?
1978
Periyar NP is part of which Tiger Reserve?
Periyar Tiger Reserve
Silent Valley NP is famous for what conservation history?
Save Silent Valley Movement (1970s-80s) — successful campaign to halt hydroelectric dam on Kunthipuzha river
Silent Valley protects which Critically Endangered primate species?
Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) — Western Ghats endemic
Silent Valley NP was declared in which year?
1984 — after the conservation movement halted the proposed dam
Eravikulam NP is famous for which Western Ghats endemic ungulate?
Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) — Eravikulam has the largest population in the world
Eravikulam NP contains which peak?
Anamudi — highest peak in peninsular India (2,695 m)
Eravikulam is famous for the blossoming of which flower every 12 years?
Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthianus) — mass-blooming every 12 years, last in 2018
Anamudi Shola NP protects which ecosystem?
Shola-grassland mosaic — high-altitude stunted evergreen forest patches in grassland
Mathikettan Shola NP is adjacent to which other protected area?
Periyar TR
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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 — Kerala. 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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