Question

Corbett National Park is situated in -
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Assam

Answer 1

Hint: Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in the country. It is also one of the most popular tiger reserves. For maintaining the tiger in its natural habitat, the park is present in the state with the appropriate ecosystem and colder climatic conditions.

Complete step by step answer:
- Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India. It was established in 1936.
- The park covers an area of approximately $521\quad ㎢$. It is a part of the larger Corbett Tiger Reserve.
- It is located in the foothills of the Himalayas in the state of Uttarakhand.
- The Project Tiger was established here which aimed to protect the dwindling population of tigers in the country.
So, the correct answer is ‘Uttarakhand’.

Additional Information:
- The park has approximately $70\%$ of forest cover and is dense and deciduous. 10% of the area is covered by grasslands.
- It is one of the thirteen protected areas covered by the World Wide Fund For Nature under their Terai Arc Landscape Program. This program aims to protect the tiger, the Asian elephant, and the great one-horned rhinoceros.
- The park is a popular ecotourism spot that has been a threat to the ecological balance in recent years.
- Additionally, the fauna faces threats from invasive exotic weeds and exploitation from illegally encroaching families.

Note:
- The national park was first named as Hailey National Park and was also named Ramganga National Park for a short period of time.
- Approximately 488 fauna species have been recorded.