TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
INDIAN TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATION NATIONAL PARKS AND SANCTUARIES
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Question
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Which one of the following is also known as Top Slip? [IAS2007]
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Simlipal National Park
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Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
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Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary
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Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -"Top” Slip-Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park.
Detailed explanation-2: -A vantage point in the Western Ghats located at an altitude of about 800 feet in the Anamalai mountain range, Topslip is the point that serves as an entry to the Parambikulam National Park.
Detailed explanation-3: -The park is named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi who visited the park on 7 October 1961. The main tourist facilities are located in the northeast corner of the park at “Topslip", so named because of the local 19th century practice of sliding timber logs down the hills from here.
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