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  1. Which was India's first National Park, and under what original name? — Jim Corbett NP, Uttarakhand; originally Hailey National Park (1936).
  2. Which National Park is India's largest? — Hemis National Park, Ladakh.
  3. Which National Park is India's smallest? — South Button Island National Park, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
  4. Which park is the only home of the wild Asiatic Lion? — Gir National Park, Gujarat.
  5. Which was India's first Marine National Park? — Gulf of Kutch Marine NP, Gujarat.
  6. Which park is called "the world's only floating national park," and what species does it protect? — Keibul Lamjao, Manipur; the Sangai (brow-antlered deer).
  7. Which National Park has all four big cat species coexisting? — Namdapha, Arunachal Pradesh.
  8. Which National Park inspired Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book setting? — Kanha (and also Pench), Madhya Pradesh.
  9. Which National Park was India's first Mixed (cultural + natural) UNESCO World Heritage Site? — Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim (2016).
  10. Name the current approximate figures for India's National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. — 106 National Parks and 573 Wildlife Sanctuaries (PIB, March 2025 — always re-verify before an exam).
  11. Which National Park lies entirely within a major Indian city? — Sanjay Gandhi National Park, within Mumbai.
  12. Which Odisha park is both a Tiger Reserve and a Biosphere Reserve, and is known for a rare melanistic genetic variant? — Similipal; melanistic (black) tigers.
  13. Which UNESCO natural site was inscribed earliest, in 1985 (three sites share this year)? — Kaziranga NP, Keoladeo NP, and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary.
  14. Which four categories make up India's Protected Area network under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 (as amended)? — National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Conservation Reserves, Community Reserves.
  15. What percentage of India's geographical area is under protected-area coverage? — Roughly 5.32% (per the 2023 PIB dataset).
  16. Which sanctuary/park is the only wild home of the hangul (Kashmir stag)? — Dachigam National Park, Jammu & Kashmir.
  17. Which sanctuary is the sole home of the Indian wild ass? — Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat.
  18. Which National Park was created after tigers went locally extinct there and were later reintroduced from Bandhavgarh and Kanha? — Panna National Park, Madhya Pradesh.
  19. Which was India's first Ramsar Wetland Site, designated in 1981? — Chilika Lake, Odisha.
  20. Name two sanctuaries especially known for migratory bird congregations in Tamil Nadu. — Point Calimere and Vedanthangal.
  21. What does Ramsar designation legally guarantee, and what does it not? — It commits India to maintaining the site's ecological character and international reporting; it is not itself a domestic legal protection category like National Park or Wildlife Sanctuary status.
  22. Which National Park in the Andamans protects coral islands in the Ritchie's Archipelago near Havelock and Neil Islands? — Rani Jhansi Marine National Park.
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