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UPSC Prelims 2005 · Environment · Wild Places
Match List I (National Park/Wildlife Sanctuary) with List II (State): A. Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary · B. Kanger Ghati National Park · C. Orang Sanctuary · D. Ushakothi Wildlife Sanctuary — 1. Orissa · 2. Assam · 3. Chhattisgarh · 4. Goa · 5. Tripura
- (a) A-2, B-1, C-5, D-3
- (b) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
- (c) A-2, B-5, C-3, D-4
- (d) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
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Answer: (b) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
Bondla – Goa · Kanger Ghati – Chhattisgarh · Orang – Assam · Ushakothi (Badrama) – Odisha.
The idea
Start from the pair you are surest of. Orang is the rhino park on the north bank of the Brahmaputra in Assam. That one fact removes two options; Bondla in Goa settles the rest.
Orang → Assam: removes (a) and (c) → Kanger Ghati → Chhattisgarh, not Odisha: removes (d) → Answer (b)
Why the others are wrong
(a) Puts Bondla in Assam.
(c) Puts Kanger Ghati in Tripura.
(d) Puts Kanger Ghati in Odisha.
The trap
Orang–Assam (a “mini Kaziranga”) is the sure pair.
Also know
Orang is called a mini Kaziranga and is also a tiger reserve. Kanger Ghati (Kanger Valley) in Bastar has the Kutumsar limestone caves and the Tirathgarh falls. Bondla is the smallest sanctuary of Goa; Goa’s largest protected area is Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem). Ushakothi is near Sambalpur in Odisha.
🔒 Bondla (Goa) · Kanger Ghati (Chhattisgarh, caves) · Orang (Assam, rhinos) · Ushakothi (Odisha).