(3) Madhya Pradesh Explanation: Madhya Pradesh is known as the tiger state of India,' because of the large number of tiger reserves in the state. Kanha, Pench, Bandhavgarh, Parma, Bori-Satpura, SanjayDubri tiger reserves are located in the state. There are 42 tiger reserves in India which are governed by Project Tiger which is administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority.