Which one of the following is not correctly matched ? Wildlife Sanctuary : State
- (a)Mukambika - Karnataka
- (b)Dalma - Jharkhand
- (c)Neyyar - Chhattisgarh
- (d)Kotigaon - Goa
Correct — C. The pair 'Neyyar - Chhattisgarh' is the wrong one. The Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary lies in the Western Ghats of Thiruvananthapuram district in KERALA — around the Neyyar dam and below the Agasthyakoodam peak — not in Chhattisgarh. The other three pairs are correct: Mookambika (Mukambika) Wildlife Sanctuary is in Karnataka, Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is in Jharkhand, and Cotigao (the booklet's 'Kotigaon') is in Goa. Because the question asks for the pair that is NOT correctly matched, C is the answer.
- (a)Mukambika - Karnataka — Correctly matched, so it is not the answer — the Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary is at Kollur in Udupi district, Karnataka.
- (b)Dalma - Jharkhand — Correctly matched, so it is not the answer — the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary overlooks Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and is known for its elephants.
- (d)Kotigaon - Goa — Correctly matched, so it is not the answer — Cotigao ('Kotigaon') Wildlife Sanctuary is in South Goa.
'Spot the wrongly-matched pair' questions test whether you can place a wildlife sanctuary in its correct state. The odd one out here is Neyyar, a Western-Ghats sanctuary in southern Kerala that the paper wrongly ties to Chhattisgarh.
The trap is that an unfamiliar-sounding name (Neyyar) is paired with a plausible forested state (Chhattisgarh). Recognising Neyyar as a Kerala sanctuary — near the Neyyar dam and Agasthyakoodam — breaks the trap.
- Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary — Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram district), NOT Chhattisgarh.
- Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary — Karnataka (Kollur, Udupi district).
- Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary — Jharkhand (near Jamshedpur), known for elephants.
- Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary — South Goa (the state's second-largest sanctuary).
- Assuming an unfamiliar-sounding sanctuary belongs to the state it is paired with
- Confusing Neyyar (Kerala) with a central-Indian sanctuary
Either 'which pair is NOT correctly matched' or a full match-the-following of sanctuary to state — a staple of both MPPSC and UPSC prelims.
Consider the following pairs: 1. Dampa Tiger Reserve : Mizoram 2. Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary : Sikkim 3. Saramati Peak : Nagaland. Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- (c) 1 and 3 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer(c) 1 and 3 only
Same skill — spotting the wrongly-matched protected-area-to-state pair (Gumti is in Tripura, not Sikkim).
Match List-I (National Park / Wild-life Sanctuary) with List-II (State): (A) Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary (B) Kangerghat National Park (C) Orang Sanctuary (D) Ushakothi Wildlife Sanctuary; 1. Orissa 2. Assam 3. Chhattisgarh 4. Goa 5. Tripura
- (a) A-2 B-4 C-5 D-1
- (b) A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1
- (c) A-2 B-3 C-5 D-4
- (d) A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3
Answer(b) A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1
Same match-the-following of sanctuary to state (Bondla-Goa, Kangerghat-Chhattisgarh, Orang-Assam, Ushakothi-Odisha).
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state?
- (a)Kerala
- (b)Chhattisgarh
- (c)Karnataka
- (d)Tamil Nadu
Answer(a) Kerala — it lies in the Western Ghats of Thiruvananthapuram district.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in which state?
- (a)Goa
- (b)Maharashtra
- (c)Karnataka
- (d)Kerala
Answer(a) Goa — Cotigao is in South Goa, the state's second-largest sanctuary.