Sanctuary/Biosphere Reserve (Part-III)

The Periyar Game Sanctuary is located in Kerala which is famous for wild elephants.

Biosphere reserves and related States are as follows:

One-horned Rhinoceros is found in West Bengal and Assam.

Kaziranga National Park hosts two-thirds of the world's Great One-horned rhinoceros.

Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary is also known as the Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Rann of Kachchh in Gujarat. Spread over 4953.71 km², it is the largest wildlife sanctuary in India. It was established in 1973.

This question seems to assess information about nearby cities of the wildlife sanctuaries given in the options. (Although these sanctuaries are not located in these cities/districts). Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Chandauli district of U.P. It is 70 km. away from Varanasi. Karera wildlife sanctuary is located in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh. It is about 44 km. away from Jhansi. Jaisamand wildlife sanctuary is situated in Udaipur district and is 48 km. away from the district headquarter. Nahargarh wildlife sanctuary is a small sanctuary situated in Bara district of Rajasthan. It is at a distance of 300 km. from Jaipur.

The Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the Upper gangetic plan in Uttar Pradesh, and covers an area of 400.6 km2 (154.7 sq. mi) in the Terai of the Bahraich district. In 1987, it was brought under the purview of the 'Project Tiger', and together with the Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary and the Dudhwa national Park it forms the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. It was designated in 1975.

Kaziranga wildlife sanctuary is a national park in Assam which hosts two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceroses. It was not a tiger Reserve when this question was asked. But now it is a tiger Reserve (2007). Rest are tiger reserves.

Kaziranga wildlife sanctuary is a national park in Assam which hosts two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceroses. It was not a tiger Reserve when this question was asked. But now it is a tiger Reserve (2007). Rest are tiger reserves.

The correctly matched list of sanctuaries and their respective States is given below :