Question

Sol. Key concept: Common plant names can explain the names of protected areas.

Simlipal (also written Similipal), in Odisha, takes its name from the locally abundant simul or semal trees, the red silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba. The question is asking for this botanical association rather than the park’s best-known animal.

The red flowers give the tree its common name; the silky fibres occur around the seeds in its fruits. Keoladeo, Sundarban and Kaziranga are not the parks named after this abundance of red silk-cotton trees. Therefore the correct choice is b, Simlipal.