Q. The first biosphere reserve that was set up in India in 1986 is _____:
Answer: Nilgiris
Notes: Established in the year 1986, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is the first biosphere reserve in India. It is an International Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats. Other early biosphere reserves of India: Nokrek and Nandadevi in 1988; and Great Nicobar, Manas, Sunderbans and Gulf of Mannar in 1989.

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