Match the following National Parks and States they are located in. (A) Jaldapara National Park (1) Karnataka (B) Chandoli National Park (2) Maharashtra (C) Orang National Park (3) West Bengal (D) Nagarhole National Park (4) Assam

The correct answer is (A)-(3), (B)-(2), (C)-(4), (D)-(1) . Key Points Jaldapara National Park - West Bengal. The total area covers 216.51 square kilometres . It belongs in the heavy rainfall zone , so the forest is mainly Savannah covered with tall elephant Grasses. River Torsha runs through the national park . Jaldapara Forests were constituted as Wildlife Sanctuary in the year 1941 for the protection of wildlife, particularly one-horned Rhinoceros and it was declared as Jaldapara National park in May 2012 . Chandoli National Park - Maharashtra. It was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in the year of 1985. It was declared as a National Park in the year 2004. It was declared as a Project Tiger in 2007. The total area of the Chandoli National Park is 317.67 Km 2 . The park receives its water supply from the Warna river. Orang National Park - Assam. The Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park is situated in the Darrang and Sonitpur districts of Assam. It is located on the bank of River Brahmaputra covering an area of 78.81 square kilometres. Nagarhole National Park - Karnataka . Nagarhole National Park (also known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park), is a national park located in Kodagu district and Mysore district in Karnataka. This park was declared the ​thirty-seventh Project Tiger tiger reserve in 1999. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. The Western Ghats Nilgiri sub-cluster of 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi), including all of Nagarhole National Park, is under consideration by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for selection as a World Heritage Site. Important Points National parks in India: ​ These are IUCN category II protected areas. India's first national park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, now known as Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand. By 1970, India only had five national parks. In 1972, India enacted the Wildlife Protection Act and Project Tiger 1973 to safeguard the habitats of conservation-reliant species. There are 106 existing national parks in India covering an area of 44,402.95 km 2 , which is 1.35% of the geographical area of the country (As of Jan. 2023).