Study Guide · Chapter 17
Mnemonic Index
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Every "Memory hook" callout in this book, gathered in one place so you can drill them in sequence instead of hunting section by section. Cover the right-hand column and see how many you can reproduce from the trigger phrase alone.
| # | Region / List | Trigger phrase | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How PAs are classified | "NP No-touch, WLS Some-touch" | NP vs WLS restriction level |
| 2 | How PAs are classified | "Tiger Reserves Top-up, Biosphere Reserves Broad-brush" | TR/BR as overlay labels |
| 3 | North India | "Corbett called Raja(ji), who carried Sona(nadi)'s flowers to Nanda Devi" | Uttarakhand's five NPs |
| 4 | North India | "A Great Pincushion" | Himachal's two NPs |
| 5 | North India | "Ran through the Sari in the Desert" | Rajasthan's three NPs |
| 6 | North India | "Dachigam's stag fled to Hemis, who bowed to Khangchendzonga" | J&K / Ladakh / Sikkim, one each |
| 7 | Northeast India | "Keibul Lamjao floats, Namdapha hosts all four cats, Dibru-Saikhowa keeps wild horses" | Three NE superlatives |
| 8 | Northeast India | "Kazi's rhino rode a Man's pygmy hog to Nameri's duck pond, then drifted Dibru-Saikhowa" | Assam's four NPs |
| 9 | Northeast India | "Balloons of wind blew a floating Keibul deer into Intanki's gibbon tree, which grew through Dampa's bamboo" | Meghalaya/Manipur/Nagaland/Mizoram, one each |
| 10 | East India | "Simli's black tiger shook paws with Bhitarkanika's crocodile" | Odisha's two NPs |
| 11 | East India | "The Sundarbans tiger swam past Gorumara and Jaldapara's rhinos, through Buxa's gate, up to Singalila's ridge" | West Bengal's five NPs |
| 12 | Central India | "Sanjay and Madhav were driving a Van on Saturday to Bandhav forest to Punch Kanha, then went Achanak to a Guru" | MP's six + into Chhattisgarh |
| 13 | Central India | "Achanak, Guru ate wild buffalo from Indravati, then hid in Kanger's cave" | Chhattisgarh's four |
| 14 | West India | "Gir's lion swam to the Marine park at Kutch, then grazed the Blackbuck's grass at Velavadar" | Gujarat's three (West India table) |
| 15 | West India | "A wild Lion rode a wild Ass past a Nal full of blackbuck" | Gujarat's four sanctuaries (State Pegs) |
| 16 | West India | "Sanjay Gandhi caught the city train to Chandoli's hills" | Maharashtra's two (West India table) |
| 17 | West India | "Bandipur and Nagarhole's tigers prowled the Nilgiris while Anshi's black panther hid in Kali" | Karnataka's three (West India table) |
| 18 | South India | "Periyar's elephant swam Silently past Eravikulam's tahr" | Kerala's three (South India table) |
| 19 | South India | "Kudremukh's horse-face grazed beside Bannerghatta's safari jeep" | Karnataka's two (South India table) |
| 20 | South India | "Mudumalai's elephant introduced Mukurthi's tahr to Indira Gandhi at Anamalai" | Tamil Nadu's three (South India table) |
| 21 | South India | "Rajiv Gandhi went to the Venkateswara temple and met his friend Papi" | AP/Telangana (State Pegs) |
| 22 | The Islands | "A tiny Button floated to Mahatma Gandhi's Marine park, then Rani Jhansi sailed past to Campbell's Saddle" | All five island NPs |
| 23 | Sanctuaries Spotlight | "Little Rann's wild ass, Nannaj's bustard, Point Calimere's flamingo, Vedanthangal's stork" | Four headline sanctuary species |
| 24 | Sanctuaries Spotlight | "Nannaj still has its bustard; Karera lost it" | The two bustard "before" stories |
| 25 | Sanctuaries Spotlight | "Chinnar's squirrel and Neyyar's macaque both got a second chance" | Kerala's two rehab sanctuaries |
| 26 | Ramsar Sites | "Chilika was first, Sambhar is saltiest, Wular is among the freshest and largest" | Three Ramsar superlatives |
| 27 | Ramsar Sites | "Chilika's dolphin swam to the Sundarban tiger, through Kolkata's sewage wetland, up to Deepor Beel" | Eastern Ramsar chain |
| 28 | Ramsar Sites | "Wular's fresh water flowed through Harike's headworks down to Renuka's forest lake" | Northern Ramsar chain |
| 29 | Ramsar Sites | "Ashtamudi and Vembanad's backwaters flowed to Point Calimere's flamingo" | Kerala–TN Ramsar chain |
| 30 | Important Bird Areas | "Bharatpur's King Chilled at Nal's place, then partied at Vedanthangal Point with the Sultan" | All six IBAs, in order |
| 31 | Important Bird Areas | "Central Asian Flyway" | The flyway name itself |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu birds | "The Point took Calimere's flamingo to Vedanthangal's stork party" | TN's two standout bird sites (State Pegs) |
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