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 (12)
- 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
- Rajaji 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
Sample questions (12 of 29)
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
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
Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve combines which two NPs?
Nanda Devi NP + Valley of Flowers NP
Valley of Flowers NP was inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in which year?
2005 — extension of Nanda Devi NP
Valley of Flowers is in which district?
Chamoli district
Valley of Flowers was 'discovered' by which mountaineer in 1931?
Frank S. Smythe — British mountaineer + botanist
Gangotri NP is the source of which sacred river?
Ganga — Gaumukh glacier within the park is the source of the Bhagirathi (main Ganga source)
Gangotri NP is famous for which big cat?
Snow Leopard + Himalayan Tahr + Bharal
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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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