Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

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Correct — C, 'Chandoli National Park – Gujarat' is the wrongly matched pair. Chandoli National Park is in Maharashtra, in the northern Western Ghats (Sahyadri), spread across Sangli, Kolhapur, Satara and Ratnagiri districts; together with the Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary it forms the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve. It is not in Gujarat, so this is the pair that does not match — the answer the question asks for.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Correctly matched — Anshi National Park is in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka and is now part of the Kali (formerly Anshi-Dandeli) Tiger Reserve; so it is not the mismatch.  (b) Correctly matched — Balphakram lies in the South Garo Hills of Meghalaya, so this pair is right and not the answer.  (d) Correctly matched — Hemis, India's largest national park and famous for the snow leopard, is in Ladakh; a correct pair, not the mismatch.

Concept: A 'which is NOT correctly matched' question tests park-to-State pairings. Three of the four here are right; the odd one out is Chandoli, which belongs to Maharashtra, not Gujarat. Knowing which State each protected area sits in is a standard environment/geography requirement.

State PCS 2020 Q28 — Geography PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2020 Q28 — Geography PYQ with Answer