Question

Select the correct statement about biodiversity.

• A. The desert area of Rajasthan and Gujarat have very high level of desert animals.
• B. Large scale planting of Bt cotton has no adverse effect on biodiversity.
• C. Western Ghats have a very high degree of species richness and
  endemism.
• D. Conservation of biodiversity is just a fad pursued by the developed countries.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Western Ghats have a very high degree of species richness and

endemism.
The Western Ghats occurs in the western coastal parts of India which covers the following states - Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra. Western ghats is one of the eight "hottest hot-spots" of biological diversity in the world, which has high degree of endemism, number of species diversity. It contains a large proportion of the country's flora and fauna, many of which are only found in India and nowhere else in the world