UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — MAHARASHTRA
Maharashtra — 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 — Maharashtra.
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Key locations covered (21)
- Tadoba-Andhari National Park — Maharashtra
- Pench National Park (Maharashtra) — Maharashtra
- Gugamal National Park (part of Melghat TR) — Maharashtra
- Navegaon National Park — Maharashtra
- Sanjay Gandhi (Borivli) National Park — Maharashtra
- Chandoli National Park (part of Sahyadri TR) — Maharashtra
- Melghat Tiger Reserve — Maharashtra
- Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve — Maharashtra
- Pench Tiger Reserve (MH) — Maharashtra
- Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve — Maharashtra
- Sahyadri Tiger Reserve — Maharashtra
- Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary — Maharashtra
- Karnala Bird Sanctuary — Maharashtra
- Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary — Maharashtra
- Thane Creek Flamingo Wildlife Sanctuary — Maharashtra
- Lonar Wildlife Sanctuary — Maharashtra
- Great Indian Bustard Wildlife Sanctuary — Maharashtra
- Thane Creek (Ramsar) — Maharashtra
- Nandur Madhmeshwar (Ramsar) — Maharashtra
- Lonar Lake (Ramsar) — Maharashtra
- Maharashtra — State Animal: Indian Giant Squirrel — Maharashtra
Sample questions (12 of 40)
Tadoba-Andhari NP is in which Maharashtra district?
Chandrapur district
Tadoba is Maharashtra's oldest national park, declared in which year?
1955
Tadoba is famous for high sightings of which big cat?
Bengal Tiger — among India's best for tiger tourism
Tadoba is part of which forest type?
Southern tropical dry deciduous forest with teak + bamboo
Pench NP Maharashtra shares boundary with which state?
Madhya Pradesh — the Pench river forms the natural boundary
Gugamal NP is the core of which Tiger Reserve?
Melghat Tiger Reserve
Gugamal NP is in which district?
Amravati district — Satpura range
Navegaon NP is part of which Tiger Reserve?
Navegaon-Nagzira TR
Navegaon NP is famous for which lake?
Navegaon Lake — created by Kolu Patel Kohli in the 18th century
Sanjay Gandhi NP holds what distinction?
Largest urban national park in the world — entirely within Mumbai city limits
Sanjay Gandhi NP contains which ancient heritage caves?
Kanheri Caves — Buddhist caves dating back to 1st century BCE
Chandoli NP is part of which Tiger Reserve?
Sahyadri 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 — Maharashtra. 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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