UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — PUNJAB
Punjab — 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 — Punjab.
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Key locations covered (12)
- Harike Wildlife Sanctuary (Harike Lake) — Punjab
- Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary — Punjab
- Kathlaur Kushlian Wildlife Sanctuary — Punjab
- Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary — Punjab
- Jhajjar Bachoii Wildlife Sanctuary — Punjab
- Takhni-Rehmapur Wildlife Sanctuary — Punjab
- Keshopur Miani Community Reserve (Ramsar) — Punjab
- Beas Conservation Reserve (Ramsar) — Punjab
- Kanjli Lake (Ramsar) — Punjab
- Harike Lake (Ramsar) — Punjab
- Ropar Lake (Ramsar) — Punjab
- Punjab — State Animal: Blackbuck — Punjab
Sample questions (12 of 23)
Harike Lake is at the confluence of which two rivers?
Beas + Sutlej
Harike Lake is the largest of what kind of wetland in northern India?
Largest man-made wetland in north India — formed by Harike Barrage
Harike Lake is famous for which dolphin species?
Gangetic River Dolphin — one of few sites west of the Gangetic plain
Harike Lake holds which international wetland designation?
Ramsar Site (1990)
Abohar WLS is famous for the conservation of which species?
Blackbuck — community conservation by the Bishnoi community
Abohar WLS is in which Punjab district?
Fazilka district
Kathlaur Kushlian WLS is in which district?
Pathankot district — Shivalik foothills
Nangal WLS is at which dam?
Nangal Dam on the Sutlej river
Nangal WLS is also designated as which international wetland?
Ramsar Site (2022)
Jhajjar Bachoii WLS is in which Punjab district?
Hoshiarpur district — Shivalik foothills
Takhni-Rehmapur WLS is in which district?
Hoshiarpur district — Shivalik foothills
Keshopur Miani was designated Ramsar in which year?
2019
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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 — Punjab. 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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