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UPSC Prelims 2007 · Environment · Wild Places
Which one of the following is located in the Bastar region?
- (a) Bandhavgarh National Park
- (b) Dandeli Sanctuary
- (c) Rajaji National Park
- (d) Indravati National Park
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Answer: (d) Indravati National Park
Indravati National Park (Bijapur, Chhattisgarh) is in the Bastar region; it holds wild buffalo.
The idea
Bastar is the forested southern part of Chhattisgarh, drained by the Indravati, a tributary of the Godavari. A park named after that river is the natural match.
Bastar plateau → Indravati river flows west → Joins the Godavari → Indravati National Park lies on its bank
Why the others are wrong
(a) Bandhavgarh is in Madhya Pradesh.
(b) Dandeli is in Karnataka.
(c) Rajaji is in Uttarakhand.
Also know
Indravati is a tiger reserve and one of the last homes of the wild buffalo in central India; the wild buffalo is the State animal of Chhattisgarh. Bastar also has Kanger Valley National Park, with limestone caves and the Bastar hill myna, the State bird.
🔒 Indravati NP/TR (Bastar, Chhattisgarh): wild buffalo (state animal of Chhattisgarh).