Which national park is the new home of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros?

Options

(a) Dudhwa
(b) Corbett
(c) Kanha
(d) Bandhavgarh

Correct Answer:

Dudhwa

Explanation:

Following up on these recommendation of the Asian Rhino Specialist Group, the Wildife Status Evaluation Committee of the Indian Board For Wildlife appointed, in 1979, A sub-committee to consider alternative areas for rhino translocation. Of the various areas considered by this sub-committee, Dudhwa National Park was thought to be the most promising because of the similarities of habitat to that of Kaziranga National Park, the fact that rhinos had been recorded in this area till the last century and the adequacy of the protection available.