Question

Which one is the first national park in India?
A. Kanha National Park
B. Jim Corbett National Park
C. Kaziranga National Park
D. Satpura National Park

Answer 1

Hint: It was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park and it is located in Nainital district. It was built to protect endangered Bengal Tiger.

Complete answer:
National parks are the reserved areas which are maintained by the government for the safety and the betterment of wildlife.
We can solve this question by comparing all the options given in the questions.

> First one i.e., Kanha National Park. This park is also known as Kanha–Kisli National Park. It was established in 1955 and it is one of the largest parks of the state of Madhya Pradesh. Currently this park is divided into two protected areas.

> Moving on to the next option i.e., Jim Corbett National Park. This park is also known as Hailey National Park. It was established in 1936 and it is located in Nainital district. It was established to protect endangered Bengal tigers. From this option it is clear that we can eliminate option one as it was established after 1936.

> Moving on to option C i.e., Kaziranga National Park. The state government declared Kaziranga a designated National Park in 1968. It is located in the state of Assam. This also gets eliminated since it was also established after Jim Corbett as compared to option B.

> Now the last option is Satpura National Park. It was established in 1981 and it is located in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh. The last option also gets eliminated. It is clear that the Jim Corbett National Park was the first national park of India which was established in 1936.

Thus, the right answer is option B. i.e., Jim Corbett National Park

Note: All the national parks establishments are on the basis of the government acceptance or we can say when they became designated National Park. There are 99 National Parks in India which occupies 1.1% of geographical area and Jim Corbett National Park is the first national park of India located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand.