Question

How many hot spots exist in India?
(a) 25
(b) 34
(c) 3
(d) 581

Answer 1

Explanation:

4 hot spots exist in India.the 4 globally identified biodiversity hot spots, India harbour four of them, .India harbour four of them, which are as follows:Eastern HimalayaIndo-BurmaWestern Ghats and Sri Lanka; andSundaland (Andman & Nicobar)

Answer 2

Dear Students,

● Answer - (c)

3 hot spots exist in India.

* Actually answer should be 4, but here that is not available. So nearest option is 3.

◆ Biodiversity hotspot -

• A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is now threatened with humans.
• There are 34 such biodiversity rich areas in world covering 12% land surface area.
• Biodiversity hotspots in India include Himalayas, Western ghats, North-east forest & Nicobar islands.

*Initially 25 hot spots were declared, consequently 9 more got added over time.

Hope this helped you. Thanks for asking.