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*Largest tulip garden in Asia
Ans : Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden (J & K)
*It is situated on the foot hills of Zabarwan Range
*Wild life Institute of India is at
Ans : Dehradun
*The Wild life week is observed in the first week of
Ans : October
*Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History is in
Ans : Coimbatore
*Forest survey of India is at
Ans : Dehradun
*It was established in 1981
*The Forest Conservation Act 1980 came into force on
Ans : 25th Oct 1980
Basic Info
*Largest Wild life sanctuary in India
Ans : Great Indian Bustard (Maharashtra)
*Largest National Park in India
Ans : Hemis national Park (Jammu Kashmir)
*Largest Tiger Reserve in India
Ans : Nagarjuna Sagar - Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh)
*Smallest Tiger reserve in India
Ans : Bor tiger reserve (Maharashtra)
No doubt
*Rajiv Gandhi National park
Ans : Kodagu (Karnataka)
*Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park
Ans : Pune
*Indira Gandhi National Park
Ans : Tirupur,Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
*Indira Gandhi Zoological Park
Ans : Vishakapatanam
Large & Small
*Largest Biosphere reserve in India
Ans : Gyan Bharathi (Gujarat)
*Smallest Biosphere reserve in India
Ans : Dibru Saikhowa (Assam)
Tiger Reserves
*The programme Project Tiger was started in
Ans : Jim Corbet National Park
*National Tiger Reservation Authority was formed in the year
Ans : 2006 Sept. 4
*Chairman of the National Tiger Reservation Authority
Ans : Central minister of Forest and Environment
*The number of Tiger reserves in India
Ans : 50
*Bor Sanctuary is the 47th Tiger Reserve
*Rajaji tiger reserve is the 48th Tiger Reserve
*The tiger reserve that locates at the confluence of western and eastern ghat
Ans : Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy Temple Tiger Reserve (BRT Tiger Reserve)
New Info
*49th Tiger reserve - Orang (Assam)
*50th Tiger reserve - Kamlang (Arunachal Pradesh)
*The statutory Body constituted on 22nd Sep 2003 under section 5 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972
Ans : National Board for Wildlife
*The chairman of NBWL
Ans : Prime Minister
*India’s biggest Wildlife Rescue centre
Ans : Gorewada Zoo and Wildlife Research Centre (commissioned in Nagpur)
Famous Tiger Reserves in India
*Kaziranga, Manas-Assam
*Namdhapha, Pakhuyi -Arunachal Pradesh
*Nagarjuna Sagar-Andhra Pradesh
*Valmiki -Bihar
*Indravathi -Chattisgarh
*Bandhipur-Karnataka
*Periyar, Parambikulam-Kerala
*Melghat, Bor, Tadoba-Andhari-Maharastra
*Amrabad, Kawal-Telangana
*Kanha, Pench-Madhya Pradesh
*Nandankanan-Odisha
*Ratambor, Sariska- Rajasthan
*Corbet, Rajaji-Uttarakhand
*Sundarban,Buxa-West Bengal
Info Plus
*World’s largest nesting ground of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtle
Ans : The Bhitarkanika National Park (Odisha)
*State having maximum population of Olive Ridley sea Turtles in India
Ans : Odisha
World Info
*The first national park in the world
Ans : Yellowstone National Park (USA)
*World’s largest National Park Northeast Greenland National Park
BIOSPHERE RESERVES
*Number of Biosphere Reserves in India -18
*Ten of the 18 biosphere reserves are a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, based on the UNESCO Man and Biosphere (MAB).
