Question

The biodiversity hot spots of India includes

• A. Eastern Himalayas
• B. Western Himalayas
• C. Jammu and Kashmir only
• D. Sunderbans

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (D)

The correct options are
A Eastern Himalayas
B Western Himalayas
D Sunderbans

A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region, that is both a significant reservoir of biodiversity and is threatened with destruction. The term biodiversity hotspot specifically refers to 25 biologically rich areas around the world, that have lost at least 70 per cent of their original habitat. Eastern and western Himalayas and Sunderbans are some of the biodiversity hot spots in India.

So, the correct options are A, B and D.