The state known as the home of the one-horned rhinoceros is:

Concept

In general-knowledge usage, a species’ “home state” is the state most strongly identified with its principal habitat and conservation population.

The great Indian one-horned rhinoceros is especially associated with protected floodplain grasslands in north-eastern India.

Application

Assam contains Kaziranga National Park, which the Assam Forest Department describes as the home of the great Indian one-horned rhinoceros. The park and other protected areas in Assam hold the species’ best-known major population.

Contrast

• Gujarat is prominently associated with Gir National Park and the Asiatic lion, not as the home state of the one-horned rhinoceros.

• Kerala’s prominent wildlife reserves include Periyar, but the state is not identified as the principal home of the one-horned rhinoceros.

• “More than one of the above” would require at least two listed states to have this principal association; the evidence supports only one listed state.

• “None of the above” would require every listed state to lack this association, which conflicts with the documented habitat in Assam.

Cross-check

An official Assam government source states that Assam is famous worldwide as the home of the great one-horned rhinoceros, largely concentrated in Kaziranga National Park.

Result

Therefore, the state is Assam.