Phawngpui National Park in Mizoram is also known as which of the following?
- (a)Black Mountain Park
- (b)Blue Mountain Park
- (c)Yellow Mountain Park
- (d)Mizo Hills Park
Correct — B, Blue Mountain Park. Phawngpui is the highest peak of Mizoram, and its local name translates as the 'Blue Mountain'; the national park around it in Lawngtlai district is therefore also called the Blue Mountain National Park. It is known for rich flora — orchids and rhododendrons — and fauna such as the Blyth's tragopan and clouded leopard.
- (a)Black Mountain Park — Not the name of Phawngpui; 'Black Mountain' is not its translation. (There are Black Mountains elsewhere, e.g. in Bhutan, but not this park.)
- (c)Yellow Mountain Park — Not associated with Phawngpui; the peak's name means 'Blue', not 'Yellow'.
- (d)Mizo Hills Park — 'Mizo Hills' is the older name of the general hill region of Mizoram, not the specific alternate name of the Phawngpui national park.
Phawngpui (Blue Mountain) is the highest point in Mizoram, in the state's south-east near the Myanmar border. The area is protected as Phawngpui National Park, one of Mizoram's two national parks (the other being Murlen). The 'Blue Mountain' name is a direct rendering of the local name into English.
The four options are all colour/hill labels, so the recall is precise: the peak's name means 'Blue'. Anchor Phawngpui ↔ Blue Mountain ↔ highest peak of Mizoram.
- Phawngpui = 'Blue Mountain', the highest peak of Mizoram.
- Phawngpui (Blue Mountain) National Park lies in Lawngtlai district, south-east Mizoram.
- Known for orchids, rhododendrons and species such as the Blyth's tragopan and clouded leopard.
- Mizoram's other national park is Murlen; Dampa is its major tiger reserve.
- Being misled by the other colour options — the translation is specifically 'Blue'.
- Confusing Phawngpui National Park with Dampa Tiger Reserve, both in Mizoram.
MPPSC and UPSC ask 'also known as' / park-to-state matching. Lock Phawngpui ↔ Blue Mountain ↔ Mizoram's highest peak.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Phawngpui, the 'Blue Mountain', is the highest peak of which state?
- (a)Mizoram
- (b)Manipur
- (c)Nagaland
- (d)Tripura
Answer(a) Mizoram — Phawngpui is its highest peak.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Dampa Tiger Reserve, the largest protected area in the smallest of these states, is located in:
- (a)Mizoram
- (b)Assam
- (c)Meghalaya
- (d)Sikkim
Answer(a) Mizoram — Dampa Tiger Reserve is in western Mizoram.