UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — ODISHA
Odisha — 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 — Odisha.
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Key locations covered (15)
- Simlipal National Park — Odisha
- Bhitarkanika National Park — Odisha
- Similipal Tiger Reserve — Odisha
- Satkosia Tiger Reserve — Odisha
- Gahirmatha (Marine) Wildlife Sanctuary — Odisha
- Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary (Zoo) — Odisha
- Chilika (Nalaban) Wildlife Sanctuary — Odisha
- Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary — Odisha
- Chilika Lake (Ramsar) — Odisha
- Hirakud Reservoir (Ramsar) — Odisha
- Bhitarkanika Mangroves (Ramsar) — Odisha
- Tampara Lake (Ramsar) — Odisha
- Satkosia Gorge (Ramsar) — Odisha
- Ansupa Lake (Ramsar) — Odisha
- Odisha — State Animal: Sambar Deer — Odisha
Sample questions (12 of 30)
Simlipal NP is in which Odisha district?
Mayurbhanj district
Simlipal is also designated as what besides NP?
Tiger Reserve (Project Tiger 1973) + Biosphere Reserve (1994) + UNESCO MAB Reserve (2009)
Simlipal is famous for which colour-morph of tigers?
Melanistic / Pseudo-melanistic tigers ('Black tigers') — Simlipal is the only known site with this morph
Simlipal is named after which tree?
Simlipal = 'Simli' (Red Silk-cotton / Bombax) trees
Bhitarkanika NP protects which mangrove ecosystem?
Bhitarkanika mangroves — India's second-largest mangrove forest after Sundarbans
Bhitarkanika has the largest population of which Critically Endangered reptile?
Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) — the largest reptile on Earth
Gahirmatha beach, near Bhitarkanika, is famous for which turtle nesting?
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle — world's largest nesting beach (arribada)
Similipal TR was declared in which year?
1973-74 — one of India's first 9 Tiger Reserves
Satkosia TR is on which major river?
Mahanadi — Satkosia gorge
Satkosia means what?
'Sat' = 7, 'kosi' = ~2 km — referring to the 7-koss-long (~22 km) Mahanadi gorge
Gahirmatha is famous as the largest nesting site in the world for which species?
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) — mass nesting (arribada) occurs annually
Gahirmatha was India's first marine sanctuary for turtles, declared in which year?
1997
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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 — Odisha. 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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