Which of the following states of India does not support natural population of Elephants ........

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Which of the following states of India does not support natural population of Elephants?

Jammu and Kashmir

Madhya Pradesh

Kerala

West Bengal

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Explanation:

First option is correct.
Elephants are absent from Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Rajasthan because the kind of forests they need are not found in these states.
They are to be found in the sub-Himalayan forests from Uttar Pradesh to Assam, in West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, and then in the forests of the Western Ghats and associate hills in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.