UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · STATE MAPS — UTTARAKHAND
Uttarakhand — 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 — Uttarakhand.
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Key locations covered (58)
- Jim Corbett National Park — Uttarakhand
- Nanda Devi National Park (BR) — Uttarakhand
- Valley of Flowers National Park — Uttarakhand
- Gangotri National Park — Uttarakhand
- Rajaji National Park (NP-TR) — Uttarakhand
- Govind Pashu Vihar National Park — Uttarakhand
- Corbett Tiger Reserve — Uttarakhand
- Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary — Uttarakhand
- Kedarnath Musk Deer Wildlife Sanctuary — Uttarakhand
- Asan Conservation Reserve (Ramsar) — Uttarakhand
- Uttarakhand — State Animal: Himalayan Musk Deer — Uttarakhand
- Badrinath (Char Dham) — Uttarakhand
- Kedarnath (Char Dham) — Uttarakhand
- Panch Prayag (5 Confluences) — Uttarakhand
- Shiwalik Range (Uttarakhand sector) — Uttarakhand
- Kumaon Himalayas — Uttarakhand
- Garhwal Himalayas — Uttarakhand
- Uttarakhand — Foundation, Area, Profile
- Dehradun — Capital
- Haridwar (Mayapuri)
- Rishikesh — Yoga Capital
- Nainital (Lake District)
- Mussoorie — Queen of Hills
- Gairsain (Bhararisain) — Summer Capital
- Almora (Kumaon HQ)
- Pithoragarh — 'Little Kashmir'
- Chamoli (Gopeshwar HQ)
- Uttarkashi
- Tehri (New Tehri & dam)
- Pauri Garhwal HQ
- Champawat (Chand capital)
- Rudraprayag (Alaknanda–Mandakini)
- Devprayag (Alaknanda–Bhagirathi)
- Karnaprayag (Alaknanda–Pindar)
- Nandprayag (Alaknanda–Nandakini)
- Vishnuprayag (Alaknanda–Dhauliganga)
- Gangotri & Gaumukh
- Yamunotri
- Kedarnath Shrine (Jyotirlinga)
- Hemkund Sahib (Sikh pilgrimage)
- Mana — First Village of India
- Auli — Ski resort
- Joshimath (Jyotirmath)
- Munsyari (Panchachuli viewpoint)
- Kausani (Switzerland of India)
- Corbett Landscape (Ramnagar)
- Nanda Devi Peak (7,816 m)
- Kamet Peak (7,756 m)
- Trishul Peak (7,120 m)
- Uttarakhand — Extended Profile
- Char Dham (Uttarakhand Chhota Char Dham) — Uttarakhand
- Panch Kedar — Uttarakhand
- Munsiyari — Uttarakhand
- Roopkund (Mystery Lake) — Uttarakhand
- Ranikhet — Uttarakhand
- Pindari Glacier — Uttarakhand
- Bageshwar — Uttarakhand
- Lansdowne — Uttarakhand
Sample questions (12 of 207)
Jim Corbett NP is India's oldest National Park. Year of establishment?
1936 — established as Hailey National Park; renamed Corbett in 1957
Corbett NP is named after which famous hunter-conservationist?
Jim Corbett — author of 'Man-Eaters of Kumaon'; helped tigers' conservation transition from hunting to protection
Corbett Tiger Reserve was India's first Project Tiger site. Year?
1973 — first of nine TRs launched under Project Tiger
Corbett NP is on which river?
Ramganga — main feature of the park's landscape
Year Corbett NP was established and original name?
1936 as Hailey National Park (renamed Ramganga 1954, Corbett 1957) — FIRST NP in India
Corbett TR was India's FIRST Project Tiger reserve in which year?
1973 (launched 1 April 1973 — Project Tiger inaugurated here)
Corbett NP core area (km²)?
≈520.8 km² (NP); ~1,288 km² total tiger reserve
River flowing through Corbett?
Ramganga River
Corbett TR tiger population (2022 census)?
~260+ tigers — highest in any single TR in India
Uttarakhand: Carved out of UP in 2000. Capitals (summer/winter)?
Dehradun (winter), Gairsain (summer). Char Dham — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath.
Nanda Devi NP is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, declared in which year?
1988 — extended in 2005 to include Valley of Flowers
Nanda Devi peak is India's second-highest. Approximate height?
7,816 m — highest entirely within Indian territory
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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 — Uttarakhand. 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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