The biodiversity hotspots in India are:
(A) Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
(B) Eastern Ghats
(C) Indo-Burma
(D) Himalaya
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C) and (D) only
A biodiversity hotspot is a region with very high species richness and endemism.
(A) Western Ghats and Sri Lanka — Correct. It is one of the three hotspots of India.
(B) Eastern Ghats — Incorrect. It is not a hotspot. The Western Ghats, not the Eastern Ghats, are the hotspot.
(C) Indo-Burma — Correct. It is one of the three hotspots of India.
(D) Himalaya — Correct. It is one of the three hotspots of India.
NCERT Extract:
How Do We Conserve Biodiversity? – “… Initially 25 biodiversity hotspots were identified but subsequently nine more have been added to the list, bringing the total number of biodiversity hotspots in the world to 34. These hotspots are also regions of accelerated habitat loss. Three of these hotspots – Western Ghats and Sri Lanka, Indo-Burma and Himalaya – cover our country’s exceptionally high biodiversity regions.”