Match List - I with List - II. List – I List – II (A) A community that is in near equilibrium with the environment (I) Ecological succession (B) The entire sequence of communities that successively change in a given area (II) Xerarch succession (C) A gradual and fairly predictable change in species composition of an area (III) Climax community (D) Succession of plants in dry areas (IV) Sere(s) Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)