WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper IV: General Studies II · Question 121 of 200

Answer: (D) Panna

Answer as of 2023 — this may have changed since.

Panna in Madhya Pradesh, notified in 2011 and added to UNESCO's network in 2020, was the most recently declared of India's 18 biosphere reserves at the time of the exam. Nilgiri (1986) was the first, and Gulf of Mannar and Great Nicobar date from 1989.