Question

Three biodiversity hotspots of India are

• A. the Himalayas and the Western Ghats
• B. the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo-Burma region
• C. the Western Ghats and the Indo-Burma region
• D. the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Madhumalai forest

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

The total number of biodiversity hotspots in the world are 34. These hotspots are also the regions of accelerated habitat loss. Three of these hotspots, Western Ghats, Indo-Burma and Himalaya, cover our country's exceptionally high biodiversity regions.