Question

Which one of the following is not a bio-reserve?
A. Kaziranga
B. Manas
C. Pachmari
D. Sunderbans

Answer 1

Hint: It is a world heritage site known for the one horned rhinoceros of the Great Indian, the landscape is of pure trees, tall elephant grass, rough reeds, marshes & shallow pools. It was proclaimed in 1974 as a national park.

Complete Answer:
'Learning places for sustainable growth' are Biosphere reserves. They are sites for exploring interdisciplinary methods, including conflict reduction and biodiversity management, to understand and handle changes and interactions between social and ecological systems.
A. Kaziranga: In the Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India, Kaziranga Park is a national park. A World Heritage Site is the sanctuary, which is home to two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceroses. Kaziranga National Park in Assam is not a biosphere reserve, from the options given. Kaziranga is not a bio-reserve from the following option. Hence. this is the correct option.

B. Manas: In Assam, India, Manas National Park or Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is a national park, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, a Tiger Reserve Project, an elephant reserve and a biosphere reserve. It is contiguous with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan, situated in the Himalayan foothills. The park, like the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog, is renowned for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife. Manas is renowned for its wild water buffalo population. Manas has national park, elephant reserve, tiger reserve and also bio-reserve. Hence this is also an incorrect option.

C. Pachmarhi: A non-use protected area and biosphere reserve in the Satpura Range of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India is the Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve. The Indian government established the conservation area in 1999. It also includes animals from the peaks of the Himalayas and the ghats of the lower west. Pachmari is the bio-reserve, hence this option is incorrect.

D. Sunderbans: The Sundarbans National Park, in West Bengal, India, is a national park, tiger reserve, and biosphere reserve. It is part of the Ganges Delta Sundarbans and adjacent to Bangladesh's Sundarban Reserve Forest. The area is renowned for its large variety of fauna, including 260 species of birds, the Bengal tiger and other endangered species such as the estuarine crocodile and the Indian python. Sunderbans is the bio-reserve along with national park and the other reserve, hence this is an incorrect option.

Among the given options, Kaziranga is not a bio-reserve. Hence Option A. Kaziranga is the correct option.

Note: Most of Kaziranga's conservation efforts concentrate on the 'big four species of rhino, lion, Royal Bengal tiger and Asian water buffalo. Kaziranga had an estimated 103 tigers, the third highest population in India after Jim Corbett National Park (215) in Uttarakhand and Bandipur National Park (120) in Karnataka, as per the tiger census figures conducted in 2014.