Uttarakhand General Knowledge- 5 (National Parks & Wild Life Sanctuaries in Uttarakhand)

Snow leopard at Gangotri National Park

Uttarakhand General Knowledge Quiz on National Parks and Wild Life Sanctuaries. 

Uttarakhand has a great geographic and climate diversity in different areas and also has a great bio-diversity. Due to which 12% of total geographical area is protected.

Uttarakhand has 6 national parks and 7 wildlife Sanctuary whose details are as follows:

National Parks

S. No.	Protected Area	Area (km²)	Inauguration year
1	Corbett National Park	520.82	1936
2	Nanda Devi National Park	624.60	1982
3	Valley of Flowers National Park	87.50	1982
4	Rajaji National Park	820.42	1983
5	Gangotri National Park	2390.02	1989
6	Govind National Park	472.08	1990
	TOTAL	4915.44

Wild Life Sanctuaries

S.No	Protectected Area	Area (km²)	Inaugration year
1	Govind wildlife sanctuary	485.89	1955
2	Kedarnath wildlife sanctuary	975.20	1972
3	Askot wildlife sanctuary	599.93	1986
4	Sonanadi wildlife sanctuary	301.18	1987
5	Binsar wildlife sanctuary	47.07	1988
6	Mussoorie wildlife sanctuary	10.82	1993
7	Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary	269.95	2012

Here is the Quiz:

1. Tiger Project is related to :
A. Dudhwa National Park
B. Nanda Devi National Park
C. Corbett National Park
D. Rajaji National Park

2. Project tiger was started in :
A. 1973
B. 1977
C. 1985
D. 1979

3. Hailey National park is now known as?
A. Rajaji National park
B. Govind National Park
C. Nanda Devi
D. Corbett

4. Binsar Wildlife sanctuary is situated in :
A. Almora
B. Pithoragarh
C. Chamoli
D. Rudraprayag

5. People of which tribes lives in Rajaji National Park : 
A. Gujjar
B. Bheel
C. Tharu
D. none

6. Dhikala is Entry gate of Which National Park?
A. Rajaji
B. Corbett
C. Valley of Flowers
D. Govind

7. Askot Wildlife sanctuary is in:
A. Almora
B. Uttarkashi
C. Pithoragarh
D. Chamoli

8. Rajaji National Park is in:
A. Dehradun
B. Almora
C. Mussoorie
D. Pothoragarh

9. Govind national park is in
A. Chamoli
B. Almora
C. Uttarkashi
D. Nainital

10. Sona River wild life sanctuary is in?
A. Pauri
B. Chamoli
C. Uttarkashi
D. Dehradun

11. Nanda Devi national park is in?
A. Chamoli
B. Uttarkashi
C. Rudraprayag
D. Tehri

12. UNESCO world heritage National parks is/are :
A. Valley of Flower
B. Nanda Devi
C. A & B Both
D. none

Answers:

1 C	7 C
2 A	8 A
3 D	9 C
4 A	10 A
5 A	11 A
6 B	12 C

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