{"id":380,"date":"2023-06-11T22:05:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T16:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=380"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:16:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:46:32","slug":"q-among-the-following-tiger-reserves-which-one-has-the-largest-area-under-critical-tiger-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-among-the-following-tiger-reserves-which-one-has-the-largest-area-under-critical-tiger-habitat","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Among the following Tiger Reserves, which one has the largest area under \u201cCritical Tiger Habitat\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Corbett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ranthambore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunderbans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>largest tiger reserve in India<\/strong>, NSTR encompasses an area of 3,568.09 sq. kilometres&nbsp;<strong>in the Nallamala hill ranges of Andhra Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The landscape hosts a breathtaking&nbsp;stretch of thick forest and incredibly rich wildlife.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The reserve spreads over&nbsp;<strong>five districts<\/strong>,&nbsp;Kurnool District,&nbsp;Prakasam District,&nbsp;Guntur District,&nbsp;Nalgonda District&nbsp;and&nbsp;Mahabub Nagar district.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Here, the&nbsp;<strong>Bengal tiger shares its habitat&nbsp;<\/strong>with more than 60 species of reptiles, including an array of snakes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These reptiles are unique in many ways: they have no eyelids, no external ears, no limbs and sense their surroundings using their tongue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>forest also has the \u2018Big Four\u2019 species of venomous snakes \u2014 Russell\u2019s viper, common krait, common cobra and the saw scaled viper.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The<strong>&nbsp;Krishna river cuts its basin.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ancient&nbsp;temples&nbsp;at Srisailam of&nbsp;<strong>Lord&nbsp;Mallikarjun<\/strong>a&nbsp;and his consort goddess Bhramaramba, an incarnation of&nbsp;Parvathi&nbsp;as the fair-complexioned boon from&nbsp;Brahma, contain&nbsp;<strong>one of the twelve sacred Shaiva Jyotirlingas and one of the eighteen&nbsp;Maha Shakthi peethas&nbsp;in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Must Read:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/tiger-reserves-in-india-upsc\/\">Tiger Reserves in India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_9a14c3-0e 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