Q. Bhimtal Lake, recently seen in news due to forest fires, is located in which state?
Answer: Uttarakhand
Notes: Recently, an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter collected water from Bhimtal Lake in Nainital, Uttarakhand to help control a nearby forest fire.The Indian Army and the IAF were called in to help control the blaze, with MI-17 choppers lifting water from the lake for firefighting efforts. Bhimtal Lake, Uttarakhand's largest lake in the Nainital district, is a centerpiece of the Kumaon region, dubbed India's "lake district." Named after the Mahabharata's Bhima, it formed naturally due to Earth's crust shifts. Constructed in 1883 during the British era, it features a masonry dam.
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