Question

Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is the only Elephant Reserve of which of the following states?
A. Chhattisgarh
B. Karnataka
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Gujarat

Answer 1

Hint:-A sanctuary can be described as a place or area with a natural environment consisting of optimum living conditions and protection for wild animals. These sanctuaries help in protecting wild indigenous animals. Shooting and hunting is prohibited in a sanctuary.

Complete Answer:-
The ecological or biogeographical areas where natural resources and biological diversity are protected, managed and maintained through legal or other effective measures are known as protected areas. It includes national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
- National parks are areas maintained by the government and reserved for betterment of wildlife. The activities like cultivation, grazing, forestry, and habitat manipulation are not allowed in these areas. Jim Corbett National park is the first national park of India.
- Wildlife sanctuaries are tracts of land with or without lakes where wild animals or fauna can take refuge without being hunted. Other activities like collection of forest products, harvesting of timber, private ownership of land, tilling of land are allowed in such areas. India has more than 448 sanctuaries occupying over 3.6% of geographical area.
- For example, Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is the only Elephant Reserve in Karnataka. It was known as Jagara Valley Wildlife Sanctuary earlier.
- Another example is Sasan Gir Sanctuary which is situated near Ahmedabad in Gujarat state and is the largest sanctuary of our country. It is known for Asiatic lions and other fauna like spotted deer, chinkara, etc.
So the correct answer is B. Karnataka

Note:- Protected areas help in maintaining genetic diversity of all the present species and varieties. It maintains viable populations of native species, subspecies and varieties. It also checks human aided introduction of alien exotic species.