Which of the following pairs is false?
Sanctuary — District

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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.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) 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) 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) 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.

Concept: 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.

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