Previous Year Question
Which of the following Wildlife Sanctuaries of U.P. was established in 1975?
Kishanpur
Katarniaghat
Raipur
Chambal
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, close to the Indo-Nepal border in the Terai region. It forms an important part of the Dudhwa landscape and is one of the three major protected areas of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve—Dudhwa National Park, Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary and Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary.
The area is particularly important for the conservation of the Gharial, Gangetic Dolphin, Tiger, Swamp Deer and numerous wetland and forest species.
However, there is an important factual discrepancy in this question. According to official records of the Wildlife Institute of India and Uttar Pradesh Eco-Tourism, Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary was formally notified on 31 May 1976, not in 1975.
Among the other options, Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1972 and the National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary in 1979. There is no Wildlife Sanctuary named Raipur in Uttar Pradesh; it may have been confused with Ranipur, which was established in 1977.