Protected Areas Geographic Matching
Question
Consider the following pairs:
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
Options
1 only
2 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
None
Explanation
Pair 1 is correctly matched—Nokrek Biosphere Reserve is located in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Pair 2 is incorrectly matched—Loktak Lake is located in Manipur but not specifically in the Barail Range; it is a freshwater lake in the Imphal Valley. Pair 3 is incorrectly matched—Namdapha National Park is located in Arunachal Pradesh but in the Mishmi Hills (or Miscellaneous Hills), not the Dafla Hills. Only the first pairing correctly identifies the geographic location. > Geographic precision matters: Nokrek (Garo Hills), Loktak (Imphal Valley), Namdapha (Mishmi Hills)—each in distinct terrains of Northeast India. Answer: a.
Question details
Year
2014
Paper
GS Paper 1
Question
Q17
Subject
Geography
Sub-topic
National Parks and Biosphere Reserves
Type
Matching pairs
Difficulty
Medium
Nature
Static
Source hint
NCERT Geography - Indian Protected Areas
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