Question 1541
Consider the following statements with reference to Biodiversity hotspots in India: 1. There are only three biodiversity hotspots in India. 2. Indo-Burma hotspot includes the entire North-eastern India, except Assam and Andaman group of Islands (and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and southern China). Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer
2 only
Why?
Biodiversity hotspots in India: There are major four biodiversity hotspots in India i.e. Himalayas, Indo-Burma Region, Western Ghats and Sundaland. Himalaya: Includes the entire Indian Himalayan region (and that falling in Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Myanmar). Indo-Burma : Includes entire North-eastern India, except Assam and Andaman group of Islands (and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and southern China) Western Ghats and Sri Lanka: Includes entire Western Ghats (and Sri Lanka). Sundalands: Includes Nicobar group of Islands (and Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines). Eastern Himalayas, which was originally part of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot and included Bhutan, north-eastern India and southern, central and eastern Nepal. In 2004, a hotspot reappraisal classified the region as part of two hotspots: Indo-Burma and the newly distinguished Himalaya.
