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UPSC Prelims 2007 · Environment · Wild Places
Which one of the following is also known as Top Slip?
- (a) Simlipal National Park
- (b) Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
- (c) Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary
- (d) Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park
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Answer: (d) Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park
Top Slip is in the Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park, Tamil Nadu — named after logs “slipped” downhill from the top.
The idea
Top Slip is a point high in the Anamalai hills of Tamil Nadu. In British times teak logs were slid down the slope from here to the plains, which gave the place its name. It is the visitor centre of the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park, now the Anamalai Tiger Reserve.
Teak cut on the hill top → Logs slipped down the slope → “Top Slip” → Today: entry point of Anamalai Tiger Reserve
Why the others are wrong
(a) Simlipal is in Odisha.
(b) Periyar is in Kerala.
(c) Manjira is in Telangana (crocodiles).
Also know
Anamalai means “elephant hill”. The reserve adjoins Parambikulam in Kerala, and shelters the lion-tailed macaque and the Nilgiri tahr. Tribes of the area include the Kadar and the Malasar.
🔒 Top Slip = Anamalai (Indira Gandhi) Tiger Reserve, Coimbatore (TN).