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Biosphere reserves of India: GK quiz

15 questions, each built from one row of the official list below — the correct option is that row exactly as the source prints it, and the wrong options are other rows of the same list. No AI wrote these questions. Free: your first 2 answers need no account, then sign up free to finish; your answers are not saved anywhere.

Source: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Biosphere Reserve Division) ↗ · read on 27 Oct 2026 · the page says: as on December 2023 (18 Biosphere Reserves)

  1. Question 1 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Simlipal Biosphere Reserve?

  2. Question 2 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve?

  3. Question 3 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve?

  4. Question 4 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Seshaschalam Biosphere Reserve?

  5. Question 5 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve?

  6. Question 6 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Great Rann of Kutch Biosphere Reserve?

  7. Question 7 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Sunderbans Biosphere Reserve?

  8. Question 8 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve?

  9. Question 9 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve?

  10. Question 10 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Panna Biosphere Reserve?

  11. Question 11 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve?

  12. Question 12 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Manas Biosphere Reserve?

  13. Question 13 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve?

  14. Question 14 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Dehang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve?

  15. Question 15 of 15

    In which state or union territory is the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve?

The official list (15 rows)

Biosphere reserveState/UT
Nanda DeviUttarakhand
NokrekMeghalaya
Gulf of MannarTamil Nadu
SunderbansWest Bengal
ManasAssam
Great NicobarAndaman and Nicobar Islands
SimlipalOdisha
Dibru-SaikhowaAssam
Dehang-DibangArunachal Pradesh
PachmarhiMadhya Pradesh
KhangchendzongaSikkim
Great Rann of KutchGujarat
Cold DesertHimachal Pradesh
SeshaschalamAndhra Pradesh
PannaMadhya Pradesh

Left out or changed by Shishya: All 18 nationally notified biosphere reserves in the MoEFCC table were considered (not only the UNESCO-listed ones, so the slug's 'unesco' is loose: rows are BR -> state). Left out because they span more than one state: Nilgiri (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka), Agasthyamalai (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Achanakmar-Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh). The MoEFCC note marks 12 BRs as in UNESCO's World Network; it is out of date on that point only: PIB backgrounder 'Sustaining Life, Celebrating Nature: India's Biosphere Reserves' (3 Nov 2025, https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2025/nov/doc2025113683301.pdf) says 13 are UNESCO-recognised after Cold Desert (Himachal Pradesh) was added in Sept 2025. The 18-reserve list and states are unchanged in that PIB note (it gives 18 BRs, 91,425 sq km, Panna 2011 newest). Spellings 'Seshaschalam', 'Simlipal', 'Sunderbans' as printed. No question should ask which BRs are UNESCO-listed from this file.

Names and spellings are kept as the source prints them. Spotted a change on the official page? The list is re-read from the source, never from other sites.

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