LOCATION

• The Panna National Park is located in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and is a part of the Chattarpur district.
• Panna has a tiger reserve which is called Panna National Park.
• This park comprises several wildlife species such as lion, tiger, hyaena, wolf, Nilgai, deer, chinkara, etc. The climate in this region is dry and hot, and it receives around 1100 mm annually. The Ken River flows through the national park. 

Flora

• This region has mixed deciduous forests. The landscape of this rocky and uneven terrain is covered by scrubby vegetation and grass.

Fauna

• Fauna of this park includes, apart from the tiger; wolf, chital, sloth bear, chinkara, and sambar. Tiger sightings are not very common here and to watch a wild cat in action needs a lot of patience along with luck.
• The Ken River that flows from here towards the north harbours both the major Indian species of crocodiles i.e. the mugger and long snouted gharial. 

Hence ,Option  B Is Correct.

Pench National Park  

• The national park in India's Madhya Pradesh state, established in 1975 Pench National Park got its name from the Pench River that flows through the beautiful green forest. This park is closed during the monsoon season. It consists of many tigers, which is why it was declared a national tiger reserve in the year 1992 by the Government of India. Many tribal people live near and inside the national park.

Forests and Wildlife

• The undulating topography supports a mosaic of vegetation ranging from moist, sheltered valleys to open, dry deciduous forest. Over 1200 species of plants have been recorded from the area including several rare and endangered plants as well as plants of ethno-botanical importance.
• The area has always been rich in wildlife. It is dominated by fairly open canopy, mixed forests with considerable shrub cover and open grassy patches. The high habitat heterogeneity favours high population of Chital and Sambar. Pench tiger reserve has highest density of herbivores in India. These parks and ‘tiger reserves’ play an important role in protecting biodiversity and the environment surrounding the forests.

Some important national parks in Madhya Pradesh.

Kanha National Park

• It is the largest national park in Madhya Pradesh. Kanha National Park was established on the 1st of June 1955. Bengal tiger, leopard, sloth bear, and barasingha are among the most important species living in the Kanha National Park. Rudyard Kipling got the inspiration to write his famous novel “The Jungle Book” from the forests of Kanha National Park and its surrounding areas! In 1973, the national park was also declared a national tiger reserve.

Bandhavgarh National Park

• The Bandhavgarh forest was declared a national park in 1968. It is located in the Umaria district. The Bandhavgarh National Park got the status of a tiger reserve in the year 1993. This park consists of various species, including leopards, deer, and the famous white tiger. Increasing mining-related projects around the park are threatening the lives of tigers. 

Panna National Park

• It is a tiger reserve as well as a national park located in the Panna district of Madhya Pradesh. It was established in 1981. It is located in the northeastern region of Madhya Pradesh. This park comprises several wildlife species such as lion, tiger, hyaena, wolf, Nilgai, deer, chinkara, etc. The climate in this region is dry and hot, and it receives around 1100 mm annually. The Ken River flows through the national park. 

Satpura National Park

• Satpura National Park is also a tiger reserve located in the Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh. It was established in 1981. This park consists of mountains, forests, small canyons and ravines. It is situated 210 kilometres away from Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. It is home to many wildlife species such as deer, leopard, wild boar, chinkara, flying squirrel, as well as birds like hornbill, peacock, etc. Pandav Caves is an attraction point in the Satpura National Park. There are nearly 50 rock shelters with rock paintings nearly 15 thousand years old. 

Madhav National Park

• It is located in the northwestern region of the state. It was earlier known as Shivpuri National Park and was renamed Madhav National Park in 1959. Sankhya Sagar is the largest water reservoir in the Madhav National Park. Previously, this forest was the hunting reserve for the Scindia maharajas, and this park is named after Madhav Rao Scindia.  

Sanjay Dubri National Park

• It was established in 1975, and it is located in the eastern part of Madhya Pradesh, on the boundary of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh. There are around 152 species of birds and 32 species of mammals in this national park. Some important wildlife species include chinkara, deer, Indian python, sloth bear, porcupine, and jungle cat. This national park is also a tiger reserve.

Kuno National Park

• It is located in the northern region of the state. It has a variety of flora and fauna. Indian wolf, Bengal fox, sloth bear, wild boar, and chinkara are some wildlife species found in this park.

Ghughua National Park

• This fossil site was founded in 1970 and was declared a national park in 1983. It is located in the Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh. Many plants, seeds, and fruit fossils have been discovered in this park, which are around 65 million years old. Eucalyptus and palm are the most important fossils found in this park.

Van Vihar National Park

• It is located in Bhopal, and it was declared a national park in 1979. Some of the attractions of this park are white-rumped vultures, lions, Bengal tigers, snakes, wild cats, nilgai, deer, sambar, and chital.  

Hence ,Option A is Correct.

Brief History of Kanha National Park 

•  Kanha Tiger Reserve, also called Kanha National Park, is one of the tiger reserves of India and the largest national park of Madhya Pradesh, state in the heart of India. The present-day Kanha area was divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km2 respectively. Kanha National Park was created on 1 June 1955 and in 1973 was made the Kanha Tiger Reserve.The park has a significant population of tiger, Indian leopards, the sloth bear, barasingha and Indian wild dog. The forest depicted in the famous novel by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book is thought by some to be based on jungles including this reserve. It is also the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, “Bhoorsingh the Barasingha
• Hallon and Banjar were two sanctuaries into which the Kanha Park was earlier divided in the 1930s. The tag of the national park, as mentioned before, was given only in 1955. The Kanha Tiger Reserve encompass the surrounding buffer zones of the park and the Phen sanctuary which is in its neighbourhood.

Wildlife in Kanha National Park/Tiger Reserve

1. Royal Bengal Tiger
2. Leopards
3. Sloth bear
4. Barasingha
5. Indian wild dog

Flora of Kanha Tiger Reserve/National Park

1. Lowland forest – Sal, mixed trees and meadows.
2. Highland forest – Tropical moist deciduous forest.

Kanha Tiger Reserve Corridor

• Kanha Tiger Reserve has a long conservation history and has been identified as an important source population of tigers.
• It has an active corridor between Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserves.
• Kanha is also connected with the Achanakmar Tiger Reserve of Chhattisgarh State.
• The State of Madhya Pradesh has taken an initiative to prepare a generic plan for the Kanha-Pench corridor with a view to promote ecologically sustainable land use in the corridor.
• To reduce the biotic pressure on the forests, emphasis has also been given to addressing the livelihood issues of the communities living
  in and around the corridor.

Hence , Option D Is Correct.