Question

Rajiv Gandhi National Park is situated at _____.
A) Bandipur
B) Bannerghatta
C) Nagarahole
D) Kudremukh

Answer 1

Hint: A national park is a park built and protected by national governments for conservation objectives. A sovereign state often proclaims or owns a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed territory. Although national parks are designated differently by each country, there is a common theme: the preservation of "raw nature" for posterity and as a source of national pride.

Complete answer:
Nagarhole National Park, also known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park, is a national park in Karnataka, India, located in the districts of Kodagu and Mysore. With the surrounding Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, it is one of India's premier Tiger Reserves.

In 1999, this park was designated as India's thirty-seventh Project Tiger, Tiger Reserve. The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve includes it. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee is considering the Western Ghats Nilgiri sub-cluster, which covers 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi) and includes all of Nagarhole National Park, for designation as a World Heritage Site.

The name of the park comes from the words naga, which means snake, and hole, which refers to streams. The Park was an exclusive hunting reserve for the erstwhile rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore, the Wodeyar dynasty. It was established as a wildlife refuge in 1955, and its size later grew to 643.39 km2 (399.78 mi). In 1988, it was designated as a national park. In 1999, the park was designated as a tiger reserve.

Rajiv Gandhi National Park is situated at Nagarhole. Therefore the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: Karnataka's wildlife is protected by the park. The Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, dhole (Cuon alpinus), sloth bear, and striped hyena are all notable predators and carnivores in Nagarhole National Park (Hyaena hyaena). The herbivores include the Indian elephant, chital, sambar deer, barking deer, gaur (Bos gaurus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), and four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis).