Question
Which of the following states has the maximum number of
Ramsar sites in India?Solution
- Recently India added 11 more wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites to make total 75 Ramsar sites .
- Tamil Nadu has now the maximum no . of Ramsar sites ( 14 nos ) , followed by UP which has 10 nos . of Ramsar sites .
| New Ramsar Sites | Location | 
| Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary | 
  Tamil Nadu      | 
| Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex | |
| Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary | |
| Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary | |
| Tampara Lake | 
  Odisha      | 
| Hirakud Reservoir | |
| Ansupa Lake | |
| Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve | 
 
  Jammu and Kashmir      | 
| Shallbugh Wetland Conservation Reserve | |
| Yashwant Sagar | Madhya Pradesh | 
| Thane Creek | Maharashtra | 
- The Ramsar convention is an intergovernmental environmental treaty that was established by UNESCO on February 2, 1971 which came into force in 1975
- The convention got its name from Ramsar city in Iran on the Caspian Sea, where the treaty was signed .
- It provides for international cooperation and national action regarding conservation of wetlands and sustainable use of their resources .
- India signed it on 1st Feb 1982 .
- During 1982 to 2013, a total of 26 sites were added to the list of Ramsar sites, however, during 2014 to 2022, the country has added 49 new wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites .
- Odd one out 
- In the following question, select the odd word pair from the given alternatives. 
- Odd one out 
- If in a certain language, DIVINE is coded as EKYMSK, which word will be coded as JOYFUL? 
- Find out odd one out ? 
- Select the option in which the numbers are not related in the same way as are the number of the following set. 
 (5, 12, 180)
- Select the set of numbers that is similar to the following set. - (12, 187, 15) 
- Select the word which does not belong to the same group from the given alternatives. 
- Find the odd word from the given alternative. 
- Find the odd one out