UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — MADHYA PRADESH
Madhya Pradesh — Environment + Sites (Tiger State) 🐅
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: State Maps — Madhya Pradesh.
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Key locations covered (27)
- Kanha National Park — Madhya Pradesh
- Bandhavgarh National Park — Madhya Pradesh
- Panna National Park — Madhya Pradesh
- Satpura National Park — Madhya Pradesh
- Pench National Park (MP) — Madhya Pradesh
- Madhav National Park — Madhya Pradesh
- Van Vihar National Park — Madhya Pradesh
- Sanjay (Dubri) National Park — Madhya Pradesh
- Kuno National Park (Cheetah reintroduction site) — Madhya Pradesh
- Kanha Tiger Reserve — Madhya Pradesh
- Pench Tiger Reserve (MP) — Madhya Pradesh
- Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve — Madhya Pradesh
- Panna Tiger Reserve — Madhya Pradesh
- Satpura Tiger Reserve — Madhya Pradesh
- Ratapani Tiger Reserve — Madhya Pradesh
- Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve — Madhya Pradesh
- Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve — Madhya Pradesh
- National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary — Madhya Pradesh
- Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary — Madhya Pradesh
- Ken Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary — Madhya Pradesh
- Son Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary — Madhya Pradesh
- Bhoj Wetland (Ramsar) — Madhya Pradesh
- Sakhya Sagar (Ramsar) — Madhya Pradesh
- Yashwant Sagar (Ramsar) — Madhya Pradesh
- Sirpur Wetland (Ramsar) — Madhya Pradesh
- Tawa Reservoir (Ramsar) — Madhya Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh — State Animal: Barasingha — Madhya Pradesh
Sample questions (12 of 56)
Kanha NP is in which Madhya Pradesh districts?
Mandla + Balaghat districts
Kanha is famous for the conservation of which endemic deer species?
Barasingha (Hard-ground Swamp Deer, Rucervus duvaucelii branderi) — MP's state animal; saved from near-extinction here
Which Rudyard Kipling novel was set in this region?
The Jungle Book — Mowgli's setting in central Indian forests
Kanha TR was declared in which year?
1973-74 — one of India's first 9 Tiger Reserves
Kanha's mascot, declared in 2017, is which species?
Barasingha (the 'jewel of Kanha')
Bandhavgarh NP is famous for what tiger-density distinction?
Among the highest tiger densities in India per unit area
Bandhavgarh is in which Madhya Pradesh district?
Umaria district
Bandhavgarh is named after which historical fort inside it?
Bandhavgarh Fort — believed to be 2,000+ years old; mentioned in epics
Panna NP is famous for what conservation comeback?
Tiger reintroduction — local extinction by 2009, reintroduced from Bandhavgarh + Kanha; population fully recovered
Panna NP is on which river?
Ken river — proposed Ken-Betwa river-linking project may affect Panna TR
Panna is also famous for which mineral?
Diamonds — Panna has India's only diamond mines (Majhgawan mine)
Satpura NP is part of which Tiger Reserve along with Bori + Pachmarhi sanctuaries?
Satpura Tiger Reserve
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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 — Madhya 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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