UPSC Prelims 2020 - Question 73

Here is Question No. 73 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2020

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Q73. Which of the following Protected Areas are located in the Cauvery basin?

Nagarhole National Park
Papikonda National Park
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary

Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 and 4 only
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: C

Statement 1 is correct: Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, previously known as Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarhole) National Park, was named after the river ‘Nagarhole’ which literally means ‘Serpent River’ in the Kannada language Nagarhole Tiger Reserve forms a critical connecting habitat for tigers and elephants to other areas of the Western Ghats through Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary and to the Eastern Ghats through Bandipur Tiger reserve. It is located in the Cauvery basin.
Statement 2 is not correct: This park is spread over 1012.86 square kilometers in East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh. It has historically experienced varying levels of protection, beginning as a reserve forest in 1882, a wildlife sanctuary in 1978, and as a national park in 2008.The park lies along the left and right banks of the river Godavari and cuts through the Papikonda hill range of the Eastern Ghats.
Statement 3 is correct: Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve is a protected area and tiger reserve along the Western Ghats in the Erode district of the state of Tamil Nadu.
Statement 4 is correct: Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Kerala and was set up in 1973. These are located in the southern trenches of the famous Western Ghats, ranked 8th in the list of the World’s Biodiversity Hotspots. The protected areas here share their boundaries with the protected area network of Nagarhole and Bandipur Tiger Reserves of Karnataka in the northeast and Mudumalai Tiger Reserve of Tamil Nadu in the southeast. It lies in the Cauvery basin