UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — TAMIL NADU
Tamil Nadu — 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 — Tamil Nadu.
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43QUESTIONS
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Key locations covered (18)
- Anaimalai (Indira Gandhi) National Park — Tamil Nadu
- Mudumalai (NP-TR) National Park — Tamil Nadu
- Mukurthi National Park — Tamil Nadu
- Guindy National Park — Tamil Nadu
- Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park — Tamil Nadu
- Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve — Tamil Nadu
- Anaimalai Tiger Reserve — Tamil Nadu
- Mudumalai Tiger Reserve — Tamil Nadu
- Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve — Tamil Nadu
- Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve — Tamil Nadu
- Pulicat Wildlife Sanctuary — Tamil Nadu
- Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary — Tamil Nadu
- Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary — Tamil Nadu
- Pallikaranai Marsh (Ramsar) — Tamil Nadu
- Pichavaram Mangroves (Ramsar) — Tamil Nadu
- Gulf of Mannar Marine BR (Ramsar) — Tamil Nadu
- Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary (Ramsar) — Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu — State Animal: Nilgiri Tahr — Tamil Nadu
Sample questions (12 of 43)
Anaimalai NP is also known as which national-leader-named park?
Indira Gandhi National Park (Top Slip)
Anaimalai NP is part of which Tiger Reserve?
Anaimalai Tiger Reserve (Project Tiger 2007)
Anaimalai NP is contiguous with which Kerala protected area?
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
Anaimalai means what?
'Elephant Mountains' — refers to the abundant Asian elephant population
Mudumalai NP forms the southern part of which Biosphere Reserve?
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Mudumalai NP shares boundaries with which three states' protected areas?
Karnataka (Bandipur) + Kerala (Wayanad) + Tamil Nadu's own forests
Mudumalai TR was declared in which year?
2007 — Project Tiger
Mukurthi NP protects which Nilgiri-endemic ungulate species?
Nilgiri Tahr — Tamil Nadu's state animal
Mukurthi NP is in which district?
Nilgiris district — high-altitude shola-grassland
Guindy NP is in which city?
Chennai — one of the few national parks within a metropolitan area
Guindy NP is India's smallest NP. Approximate area?
~2.7 sq km
Gulf of Mannar Marine NP is the first marine Biosphere Reserve of which region?
Southeast Asia (designated 1989)
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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 — Tamil Nadu. 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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