Which of the following pairs is false? Sanctuary — District
- (a)Bori — Hoshangabad
- (b)Gangau — Panna
- (c)Karera — Shivpuri
- (d)Ghati Gaon — Indore
Correct — D, Ghati Gaon — Indore is the FALSE pair. Ghatigaon Wildlife Sanctuary (established 1981 to protect the Great Indian Bustard) lies about 30 km from Gwalior city, in Gwalior district — not Indore. The other three pairs are genuine: Bori Sanctuary is in Hoshangabad (renamed Narmadapuram in 2022) district, Karera Sanctuary is in Shivpuri district, and Gangau Sanctuary (on the Ken river) is administered as part of the Panna Tiger Reserve / Panna Forest Division.
- (a)Bori — Hoshangabad — A genuine, correctly matched pair — Bori Wildlife Sanctuary (est. 1977, includes India's oldest forest reserve dating to 1865) lies in Hoshangabad district, part of the Satpura Tiger Reserve landscape.
- (b)Gangau — Panna — A genuine pair per the official key — Gangau Sanctuary, on the Ken river, functions within the Panna Tiger Reserve / Panna Biosphere Reserve's forest administration.
- (c)Karera — Shivpuri — A genuine, correctly matched pair — Karera Wildlife Sanctuary (est. 1981), about 55 km from Shivpuri town, lies in Shivpuri district; like Ghatigaon, it was set up to protect the Great Indian Bustard.
Madhya Pradesh's protected-area geography is a recurring MPPSC theme: which sanctuary sits in which district, and what it is known for. Two of the four sanctuaries in this question — Karera and Ghatigaon — were both established in 1981 specifically to protect the Great Indian Bustard, which makes them easy to conflate; the actual trap here is the DISTRICT, not the species.
Ghatigaon's real district (Gwalior) is close in profile to Karera's (Shivpuri) — both are Bustard sanctuaries in the Gwalior-Chambal belt of northern MP — so the exam swaps in 'Indore' (a Malwa-region city, nowhere near either sanctuary) as the false pairing.
- Ghatigaon Wildlife Sanctuary (est. 1981) is in Gwalior district, about 30 km from Gwalior city, set up for the Great Indian Bustard.
- Karera Wildlife Sanctuary (est. 1981) is in Shivpuri district, also established for the Great Indian Bustard (not sighted there since 1994).
- Bori Wildlife Sanctuary (est. 1977) is in Hoshangabad/Narmadapuram district, part of the Satpura Tiger Reserve landscape, and includes India's oldest forest reserve (1865).
- Gangau Sanctuary (est. 1975), on the Ken river, is administered under the Panna Tiger Reserve / Panna Forest Division.
Ghatigaon Sanctuary is in Gwalior district, roughly 30 km from Gwalior city — not Indore.
- Conflating Ghatigaon (Gwalior) with Karera (Shivpuri) — both are 1981-era Great Indian Bustard sanctuaries in the same broader region
- Missing that a question may use Hoshangabad's pre-2022 name instead of Narmadapuram
MPPSC loves 'which sanctuary-district pair is false' questions — build a mental map of MP's sanctuaries by REGION (Gwalior-Chambal north, Satpura south, Panna east, Malwa west) rather than memorising isolated pairs.
Consider the following pairs: Protected area — Well-known for. 1. Bhitarkanika, Orissa — Salt Water Crocodile. 2. Desert National Park, Rajasthan — Great Indian Bustard. 3. Eravikulam, Kerala — Hoolock Gibbon. Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 1 and 2 only
- (c) 2 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer(b) 1 and 2 only
Same 'match the protected area correctly' structure, and the same species thread — the Great Indian Bustard links Desert National Park (Rajasthan, tested there) to Karera/Ghatigaon (Madhya Pradesh, tested here).
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh was established in 1981 specifically to protect the Great Indian Bustard, and lies about 30 km from Gwalior city?
- (a)Ghatigaon
- (b)Bori
- (c)Gangau
- (d)Pench
Answer(a) Ghatigaon.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh, home to Bori Wildlife Sanctuary, was renamed in 2022 as:
- (a)Narmadapuram
- (b)Amarkantak
- (c)Satpura Nagar
- (d)Sohagpur
Answer(a) Narmadapuram.