Question

Which national park is located in west Bengal?
(A) Sanjay Gandhi national park
(B) Sundarban national park
(C) Satpura national park
(D) Navegaon national park

Answer 1

Hint National parks are places reserved by the Government for the betterment and upliftment of wildlife with fixed area and boundary. There are many national parks in west Bengal which are worldwide famous.

Complete answer:
The national parks in West Bengal are rich and famous for mangrove forest with loads of flora and fauna. Bengal is well known for tigers. Sundarban national park, the biggest mangrove forest, is famous for its tiger reserve and a biosphere reserve providing nature's beauty to the tourists which includes royal Bengal tigers, heavy flowing rivers and beautiful forests with a large variety of birds and reptiles. It also has salt water crocodiles. UNESCO has recognized Sundarban national park as a world heritage site. It covers 23% of national average land and 13.38% of forest areas. There are 6 national parks, 15 wildlife sanctuaries, 2 elephant reserves. Among these Sundarban national parks is the most famous one. It is situated in south 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. It was declared a national park on 4th may 1984. Sundarbans tiger reserves was established in 1973. Since 2010, it has been classified as endangered by the INUC.

So, the correct option is Sundarban national park.

Note: The Sundarban national park is a mangrove forest in the Bay of Bengal. It is famous for its beauty and royal Bengal tigers with a variety of species and rivers.