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  4. Consider the following two statements and select the correct option. Statement I: India is one of the 12 mega diversity countries of the world. Statement II: India has only 2.4 per cent of world’s land area, but its share of the global species diversity is an impressive 8.1 percent.

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Q. Consider the following two statements and select the correct option.
Statement I : India is one of the $12$ mega diversity countries of the world.
Statement II : India has only $2.4$ per cent of world’s land area, but its share of the global species diversity is an impressive $8.1$ percent.

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India has only $2.4\%$ of worlds land area. India's share of the global species diversity is an impressive $8.1\%$. That is what makes our country one of the $12$ mega diversity countries of the world.