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India is one of how many mega bio-diversity countries of the world?Read the answer and worked solution →With about 47,000 plant species, India ranks which in the world in plant diversity?Read the answer and worked solution →India's roughly 15,000 flowering plants form what share of the world's flowering plants?Read the answer and worked solution →According to the India State of Forest Report 2011, India's forest cover is:Read the answer and worked solution →Tropical evergreen forests are at their best where annual rainfall exceeds:Read the answer and worked solution →Ebony, mahogany, rosewood, rubber and cinchona belong to which forest type?Read the answer and worked solution →The most widespread forests of India, also called monsoon forests, are the:Read the answer and worked solution →Trees of the tropical deciduous forests shed their leaves in dry summer for about:Read the answer and worked solution →The most dominant species of the moist deciduous forests is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Thorn forests and scrubs are the natural vegetation where rainfall is less than:Read the answer and worked solution →Wet temperate forests of oaks and chestnuts are found between heights of:Read the answer and worked solution →Coniferous trees like pine, deodar, silver fir and spruce are found between:Read the answer and worked solution →Alpine vegetation in the mountains generally begins above:Read the answer and worked solution →Alpine grasslands are grazed extensively by which nomadic tribes?Read the answer and worked solution →Sundari trees, which give durable hard timber, grow in which delta?Read the answer and worked solution →India's roughly 2,000 bird species make up what share of the world's total?Read the answer and worked solution →The Wildlife Protection Act was implemented in India in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Gir forest in Gujarat is the last natural habitat of the:Read the answer and worked solution →The wild ass is found in the arid:Read the answer and worked solution →How many biosphere reserves have been set up in India?Read the answer and worked solution →How many of India's biosphere reserves are in the world network of biosphere reserves?Read the answer and worked solution →The only surviving representative of its variety of crocodile in the world today is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the biosphere reservesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the evergreen treesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the forest limitsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Indian treesRead the answer and worked solution →Evergreen or deciduousRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the plants by forestRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Vegetation bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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India is one of how many mega bio-diversity countries of the world?

  1. 12
  2. 20
  3. 15
  4. 50
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Correct answer: A. 12

1. It has about 47,000 plant species. 2. India is one of 12 mega bio-diversity countries. 3. It also has about 90,000 animal species. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 5, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife._

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With about 47,000 plant species, India ranks which in the world in plant diversity?

  1. Second
  2. Tenth
  3. Fourth
  4. Fifth
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Correct answer: B. Tenth

1. It is fourth in Asia. 2. India stands tenth in the world. 3. About 15,000 species are flowering plants. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 5, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife._

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India's roughly 15,000 flowering plants form what share of the world's flowering plants?

  1. 6 per cent
  2. 16 per cent
  3. 26 per cent
  4. 60 per cent
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Correct answer: A. 6 per cent

1. Ferns, algae and fungi are non-flowering. 2. Flowering plants are 6 per cent of the world total. 3. Birds are 13 per cent of the world total. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 5, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife._

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