Which one of the following National Parks has a climate that varies from tropical to subtropical, temperate and arctic?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (d) Namdapha National Park
Namdapha, in Arunachal Pradesh, rises from low hills in the south to snow-covered Himalayan peaks in the north. Its landscape runs from tropical lowland rainforest to alpine zones above 4,500 m. That gives it the full tropical-to-subtropical-to-temperate-to-arctic (snow) range the question describes.
- ✓ (d) Namdapha stretches from tropical lowland rainforests to alpine zones rising beyond 4,500 m within a single landscape. Lower hills flank its southern side, and snow-covered peaks of the main Himalayan range lie to the north. This range of altitude carries it through tropical, subtropical, temperate and arctic-type conditions.
- ✗ (a) Khangchendzonga (Sikkim) is a high Himalayan park. It lacks a tropical lowland belt, so its range does not begin in the tropical zone.
- ✗ (b) Nanda Devi (Uttarakhand) is a high-altitude park. Its conditions are temperate to alpine, with no tropical belt.
- ✗ (c) Neora Valley (West Bengal) is a smaller park of the lower and middle hills. It does not reach the high snow zone, so it lacks the arctic end of the range.
Remember · Namdapha National Park (Arunachal Pradesh) runs from tropical lowland rainforest to alpine and snow zones above 4,500 m, the widest climatic range among these parks.
Sources
- NTCA – Namdapha Tiger Reserve brief note ↗ “To the north, there are several snow covered peaks (> 3000 m) of the main Himalayan range, and the southern side is flanked by the lower hills.”
- Incredible India – Namdapha National Park & Tiger Reserve ↗ “from tropical lowland rainforests to alpine zones rising beyond 4,500 metres —within a single landscape.”
Question: UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 2015, General Studies Paper I. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 25 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·
