UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — SIKKIM
Sikkim — 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 — Sikkim.
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Key locations covered (40)
- Khangchendzonga National Park (BR) — Sikkim
- Shingba Rhododendron Wildlife Sanctuary — Sikkim
- Barsey Rhododendron Wildlife Sanctuary — Sikkim
- Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary — Sikkim
- Kyongnosla Alpine Wildlife Sanctuary — Sikkim
- Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary — Sikkim
- Kitam Bird Wildlife Sanctuary — Sikkim
- Khecheopalri Lake (Ramsar) — Sikkim
- Sikkim — State Animal: Red Panda — Sikkim
- Kanchenjunga Peak (8,586 m) — Sikkim
- Eastern Himalayas (Sikkim sector) — Sikkim
- Teesta Source (Tso Lhamo & Pauhunri) — Sikkim
- Sikkim — Foundation, Area, Profile
- Gangtok — Capital — Sikkim
- Nathu La Pass — Indo-China Border Trade — Sikkim
- Tsongmo (Changu) Lake — Sikkim
- Pelling & Pemayangtse Monastery — Sikkim
- Yuksom — First Capital — Sikkim
- Gurudongmar Lake — Sikkim
- Sikkim — India's First Organic State — Sikkim
- Khangchendzonga — World's 3rd Highest Peak — Sikkim
- Goecha La — Trekking Pass — Sikkim
- Rumtek Monastery — Karma Kagyu Seat — Sikkim
- MG Marg (Gangtok) — Sikkim
- Enchey Monastery — Sikkim
- Tashiding Monastery — Sikkim
- Phodong Monastery — Sikkim
- Ralong Monastery — Sikkim
- Lachen — Sikkim
- Lachung — Sikkim
- Yumthang Valley (Valley of Flowers) — Sikkim
- Cholamu Lake — Sikkim
- Teesta-Rangit Triveni — Sikkim
- Singshore Bridge — Sikkim
- Pangolakha WLS — Sikkim
- India's First Organic State (Marker) — Sikkim
- Sikkim — First State to Ban Plastic Bags — Sikkim
- Sikkim — Smallest Population State — Sikkim
- Jelep La Pass — Sikkim
- Donkia La Pass — Sikkim
Sample questions (12 of 224)
Khangchendzonga NP is India's first 'Mixed' UNESCO World Heritage Site. Year of inscription?
2016 — under mixed (natural + cultural) criteria
Khangchendzonga NP includes which world's third-highest peak?
Mount Khangchendzonga / Kanchenjunga (8,586 m) — sacred to the Sikkimese
Khangchendzonga NP is also a Biosphere Reserve. Year of designation?
2000 (UNESCO MAB Programme since 2018)
Khangchendzonga is famous for sightings of which big cat?
Snow Leopard + Clouded Leopard + Red Panda
Khangchendzonga NP UNESCO year?
2016 (mixed - first in India)
Khangchendzonga NP area?
About 1,784 sq km
Khangchendzonga NP houses which peak?
Kanchenjunga (8,586 m)
Khangchendzonga NP biosphere reserve year?
2018
In which year did Khangchendzonga NP get UNESCO status?
2016 — India's first 'Mixed' UNESCO World Heritage Site (natural + cultural).
What is the area of Khangchendzonga NP?
~1784 sq km — covers ~25% of Sikkim's area; also a Biosphere Reserve.
Which sacred mountain does Khangchendzonga represent in Sikkimese culture?
Dzo-nga — guardian deity of Sikkim; revered by Lepcha and Bhutia communities.
Which two communities revere Khangchendzonga?
Lepchas (indigenous, see it as origin point) and Bhutias (call it Dzo-nga, guardian deity).
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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 — Sikkim. 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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