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The Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary was established in which year?

Correct answer: (D) 1956.

Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, now Keoladeo National Park, became a bird sanctuary in 1956.

  1. (A)

    1975

  2. (B)

    1982

  3. (C)

    1990

  4. (D)

    1956

Explanation

Keoladeo National Park is the present name of the site earlier known as Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. Britannica records that the preserve became a bird sanctuary in 1956. That is why 1956 is the correct year for the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary stage, even though later conservation labels are often asked alongside it. The same chronology places its Ramsar site designation in 1981, its declaration as a national park in 1982, and its UNESCO World Heritage Site designation in 1985. A common exam trap is confusing the sanctuary year with the later national-park upgrade.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) 1975 is not the bird-sanctuary year in this chronology; Encyclopaedia Britannica identifies 1956 for that status.
  • (B) 1982 refers to the site being declared a national park, not to its becoming Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary.
  • (C) 1990 is too late, because the site had already become a bird sanctuary in 1956 and a national park in 1982.

Concept

RAS Rajasthan environment geography covers protected-area chronology and conservation designations. Close years for sanctuary, Ramsar, national park, and World Heritage status are easy to confuse.

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