Match List - I with List- II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List – I (National Parks) A) Indravati B) Mollem C) Kalesar D) Betla List – II (States) 1) Jharkhand 2) Haryana 3) Goa 4) Chhattisgarh Codes:

Indravati National Park lies in Bijapur and Narayanpur districts of Chhattisgarh, so A matches 4. Mollem National Park is in the Western Ghats in Goa, so B matches 3. Kalesar National Park is in Yamunanagar district of Haryana on the Shivalik foothills, so C matches 2. Betla (Palamau) National Park, part of the Palamau Tiger Reserve, lies in Palamu district of Jharkhand, so D matches 1. That gives A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1, which is option A.

Core concept: the state-wise distribution of national parks and tiger reserves under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Betla was in Bihar before Jharkhand was carved out in 2000, so it now belongs to Jharkhand. Mains angle: protected areas and their effect on forest-dwelling and tribal livelihoods, which links to the Forest Rights Act, 2006.

Why the wrong options fail: Option B puts Mollem in Haryana and Kalesar in Goa. Option C puts Mollem in Jharkhand and Betla in Haryana. Option D puts Indravati in Goa, which fails on the first pair.

Trap: Aspirants who remember Betla from older maps as a Bihar park, or who mix up Kalesar with Goa's parks, end up choosing a wrong option. Keep the post-2000 state map in mind.