Which of the following natural regions is known as ‘Land of Big Games’?

The correct answer is D, Tropical Savanna Region. Savanna lies between the tropical rainforest and the hot deserts, mainly in Africa (Serengeti, Masai Mara), parts of South America (Llanos, Campos) and northern Australia. Its tall grass, scattered trees and pronounced wet and dry seasons support large herbivores such as elephants, giraffes, zebras and antelopes, along with their predators like lions. That is why it is called the land of big game.

Why the others fail:

• A) Temperate Grassland (prairies, pampas, steppes, veld) is known as the granary of the world because of wheat and maize farming. Its large fauna was largely wiped out by settlement.
• B) Tropical Monsoon Region is dominated by dense deciduous forests and rice cultivation in South and Southeast Asia. Its wildlife, such as tigers and Asian elephants, is forest-based, not savanna-based.
• C) Hot Desert Region, such as the Sahara or Thar, has sparse vegetation and is known for camels, reptiles and nomadic pastoralism, not large game.

Core concept: vegetation and climate together determine where fauna is found. The open grassland with seasonal rainfall suits grazers, which links to wildlife conservation and human-wildlife conflict in GS-III.

Trap: candidates pick Tropical Monsoon because India's wildlife is mostly forest-based, and forget that the open savanna is the classic big-game habitat.