UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — UTTAR PRADESH
Uttar Pradesh — 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 — Uttar Pradesh.
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Key locations covered (17)
- Dudhwa National Park (NP-TR) — Uttar Pradesh
- Pilibhit Tiger Reserve — Uttar Pradesh
- Dudhwa Tiger Reserve — Uttar Pradesh
- Ranipur Tiger Reserve — Uttar Pradesh
- Amangarh Buffer Tiger Reserve — Uttar Pradesh
- Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary — Uttar Pradesh
- Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary — Uttar Pradesh
- Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary — Uttar Pradesh
- Okhla Bird Wildlife Sanctuary — Uttar Pradesh
- National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary (UP) — Uttar Pradesh
- Upper Ganga (Ramsar) — Uttar Pradesh
- Haiderpur Wetland (Ramsar) — Uttar Pradesh
- Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary (Ramsar) — Uttar Pradesh
- Sandi Bird Sanctuary (Ramsar) — Uttar Pradesh
- Samaspur Bird Sanctuary (Ramsar) — Uttar Pradesh
- Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary (Ramsar) — Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh — State Animal: Swamp Deer — Uttar Pradesh
Sample questions (12 of 31)
Dudhwa NP is UP's only NP. It is in which district?
Lakhimpur Kheri district — Terai region bordering Nepal
Dudhwa is famous for which reintroduction success story?
Indian One-horned Rhinoceros — translocated from Assam (1984-85) + Nepal
Dudhwa NP is part of which Tiger Reserve?
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (Project Tiger 1987-88)
Dudhwa NP shares its northern border with which country?
Nepal — Terai conservation landscape
Pilibhit TR was declared in which year?
2014
Pilibhit TR won the inaugural global award for which conservation milestone?
Doubled its tiger population (TX2 award by WWF + UNDP in 2020 — first to achieve 'double tigers' target)
Pilibhit TR is on the international border with which country?
Nepal — Indo-Nepal Terai
Dudhwa TR was declared in which year?
1987-88
Dudhwa TR comprises which three protected areas?
Dudhwa NP + Kishanpur WLS + Katarniaghat WLS
Ranipur TR was declared in which year?
2022 — India's 53rd Tiger Reserve
Ranipur TR is in which district?
Chitrakoot district — Vindhya range
Amangarh is the buffer zone of which Tiger Reserve in another state?
Corbett Tiger Reserve (Uttarakhand) — Amangarh is UP's contribution as buffer
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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 — Uttar Pradesh. 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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