Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in which district of Uttar Pradesh?

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Correct — A, Chandauli. Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary lies in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh, about 65-70 km from Varanasi in the Vindhyan hill region. Established in 1957, it is famous as the site of India’s Asiatic lion reintroduction experiment (lions brought from Gir in 1957-58). So the sanctuary is in Chandauli district.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Bahraich district, in the Terai belt, is home to Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (part of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve), not Chandraprabha.  (c) Sonbhadra is an adjacent Vindhyan district (with Kaimoor Wildlife Sanctuary nearby), but Chandraprabha Sanctuary falls within Chandauli, not Sonbhadra.  (d) Lakhimpur Kheri is the district of Dudhwa National Park in the northern Terai — a different protected area, far from Chandraprabha in the south-east.

Concept: Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary (established 1957) sits in the Vindhyan plateau of south-eastern Uttar Pradesh in Chandauli district. It is watered by the Chandraprabha and Karamnasha rivers and is known for the Devdari and Rajdari waterfalls. Historically it hosted an ambitious but ultimately failed attempt to establish a second home for the Asiatic lion outside Gujarat’s Gir forest.

State PCS 2023 Q120 — Environment & Ecology PYQ with Answer

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