RAS question
Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan is located in which district?
Correct answer: (C) Sawai Madhopur.
Ranthambore National Park is located in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan.
Explanation
Ranthambore National Park belongs to Sawai Madhopur district, not to Alwar, Kota or Udaipur. The Rajasthan Forest Department's official list of national parks and sanctuaries places Ranthambore National Park under Sawai Madhopur district. Ranthambore was established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1955, became a national park in 1980, and was among the original nine tiger reserves under Project Tiger in 1973. Its location is often paired with nearby or better-known Rajasthan districts as distractors. The decisive district entry is Ranthambore National Park - Sawai Madhopur.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Alwar is linked with Sariska Tiger Reserve, while the official Rajasthan Forest Department list places Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur.
- (B) Kota is not the district of Ranthambore; the official list instead shows Ranthambore National Park under Sawai Madhopur, while Kota appears with other protected areas such as Mukundara Hills National Park.
- (D) Udaipur lies in southern Rajasthan and is associated in the official list with other sanctuaries, not with Ranthambore National Park.
Concept
The Geography of Rajasthan syllabus covers national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and their district locations. RAS repeatedly asks such map-linked conservation facts because district-location matching is a direct way to test Rajasthan's protected-area geography.