QOTD - Which one of the following national park is not located in Assam?

2019-09-14 | Team PendulumEdu

Options:

A. Kaziranga National Park

B. Manas National Park

C. Namdapha National Park

D. Nameri National Park

Solution:

There are total of 104 national parks in India, out of which 5 are located in Assam, these are as follows:

National Parks	Area(in km2	Establishment year	Features
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park	340	1999	A Biosphere Reserve Bounded by River Brahmaputra, Lohit and Dibru
Kaziranga National Park	858.98	1974	UNSECO World Heritage Site Indian Rhinoceros
Manas National Park	500	1990	UNESCO World Heritage Site Tiger Reserve, Elephant Reserve and a Biosphere Reserve
Nameri National Park	200	1998	Shares its northern boundary with the Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary Also declared as Tiger Reserve
Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park	78.81	1999	Located on the northern bank of Brahmaputra river Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, Pygmy hog, Hog deer

Namdapha National Park is located in Arunachal Pradesh.

Kaziranga National Park

National Parks are IUCN Category II protected areas. These are declared by the State government via notification. The human activities like hunting, poaching, cattle grazing, forestry, etc. are not permitted inside the national parks except some of the activities that are permitted by the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State as per the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

Hence, (C) is the correct answer.

Get the complete list of National Parks in India here.

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