Question

Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the given codes.

Column I (Biosphere Reserves)	Column II (States)
a. Pachmarhi	(i) Odisha
b. Simlipal Biosphere	(ii) Madhya Pradesh
c. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary	(iii) Karnataka
d. Bannerghatta National Park	(iv) Assam

• A. a-(iv), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iii)
• B. a-(ii), b-(i), c-(iv), d-(iii)
• C. a-(i), b-(iv), c-(iii), d-(ii)
• D. a-(iii), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iv)

Answer 1

The correct option is B a-(ii), b-(i), c-(iv), d-(iii)

• Pachmarhi is a hill station in the Hoshangaband district of Madhya Pradesh state of Central India. It has been the location of a cantonment since British Raj. It is widely known as Satpura ki Rani, situated at a height of 1067 m in a valley of the Satpura Range.
• Similipal National Park is a national park and a tiger reserve in the Mayurbhanj district in the Indian state of Odisha. The reserve is part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves since 2009.
• Manas National Park is a national park, UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, a Project Tiger reserve, an elephant reserve and a Biosphere Reserve in Assam, India.
• Bannerghatta National Park, near Bangalore Karnataka, was founded in 1970 and declared as a national park in 1974. In 2002 a portion of the park, became a biological reserve, the Bannerghatta Biological Park.