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Place Similipal Tiger Reserve
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 10 years (2014–2024), peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CAPF — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 2 years (2014–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2014 → CAPF 2024
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2024
With reference to 'Black Tigers', which of the following statements is/are correct?
- They are also referred to as Melanistic Tigers
- In India they are found only in Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha Select the answer
using the code given below:
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2 ✓
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Environment & Ecology › Protected Areas & Species
CDS2014
Arrange the following tiger reserves of India from North to South
- Indravati,
- Dudhwa,
- Bandipur,
- Similipal
- A 3 - 4 - 1 - 2
- B 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- C 2 - 4 - 1 - 3 ✓
- D 2 - 1 - 4 - 3
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Environment & Ecology › Protected Areas & Species
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