Match List – I with List – II and find the correct answer from the codes given…
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Match List – I with List – II and find the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I | List – II |
|---|---|
(Biosphere Reserve) | (Area of Location) |
a. Nilgiri | i. Deccan Peninsula |
b. Manas | ii. Chhattisgarh |
c. Similipal | iii. Eastern Himalaya |
d. Achanakmar-Amarkantak | iv. Western Ghat |
Codes :
Answer: D. a b c d iv iii i ii — Concept. A biosphere reserve is a large in-situ conservation unit notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; only some of India's…
- A.
a
b
c
d
i
ii
iii
iv
- B.
a
b
c
d
ii
iii
iv
i
- C.
a
b
c
d
iii
iv
ii
i
- D.
a
b
c
d
iv
iii
i
ii
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept. A biosphere reserve is a large in-situ conservation unit notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; only some of India's notified reserves are additionally inscribed on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere World Network, so national notification and UNESCO recognition are separate things. Every reserve is catalogued by the biogeographic zone or State region it physically occupies, so a “reserve to area of location” match is solved by recalling the physiographic province each reserve sits in — not by its fauna or its year of notification.
Application. Place each reserve of List – I on the map, then read off its province from List – II:
Biosphere Reserve | Where it physically lies | List – II code |
|---|---|---|
Nilgiri | Nilgiri hills at the tri-junction of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka — the Western Ghats chain | iv |
Manas | Assam, on the Bhutan foothills of the north-eastern mountain arc — the Eastern Himalaya zone | iii |
Similipal | Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, on the peninsular uplands classified under the Deccan Peninsula zone | i |
Achanakmar-Amarkantak | Maikal range straddling Chhattisgarh and the adjoining Madhya Pradesh border, listed for Chhattisgarh | ii |
Cross-check. Two traps are built into the list. First, both Nilgiri and Manas are hill reserves, so "mountain" alone does not decide them: Nilgiri belongs to the peninsular Western Ghats while Manas belongs to the Eastern Himalaya. Second, both Similipal and Achanakmar-Amarkantak are peninsular, so the State name decides them: only Achanakmar-Amarkantak lies in Chhattisgarh, leaving Similipal with the broader Deccan Peninsula zone.
Result. The codes read a–iv, b–iii, c–i, d–ii.