Numbers of hot spot (biodiversity) present in India
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: Option C
Solution (By Examveda Team)
There are three biodiversity hotspots present in India and total of 35 in the world. These are the Western Ghats, the Himalayas and the Indo-Burma region. Each one of them comprises at least 1500 species of vascular plants and it should have lost greater than or equal to 70% of its original habitat.This Question Belongs to Agriculture >> Agronomy
The Himalayas, the Indo-Burma area, Sundaland (which includes the Nicobar group of Islands), and the Western Ghats are four of India's biodiversity hotspots. The Sundarbans and the Terrai-Duar Savannah grasslands can also be added to this list because of their distinctive animal and plant life.
Currently there are 4 i.e sundaland