Question

India is considered as one of the megadiversity country because
A. many biodiversity hotspots are present in the country.
B. It has highest biodiversity in the world
C. It has highest variety of flora and fauna
D. It has $8 \cdot 1$ percentage in global biodiversity and has $2 \cdot 4\% $of world's land area

Answer 1

Hint: India covers $2 \cdot 4\% $ of the world’s land area. India’s share in global species is around $9\% $ . India’s place in megadiversity in countries of the world is $13$th . India is also known in the world for unique culture.

Complete answer:
-Megadiversity refers to the diversity in various life forms. India has the first rank in megadiverse countries in which diversity of global species are known.
-Biodiversity is the collection of local flora and fauna. It is usually a measure of variation at the level of biology, habitat and ecosystems. Terrestrial biodiversity is typically higher near the equator due to hot climate and high primary productivity.
-India is a country rich in biological diversity. It is inside the Indomalaya ecozone and gives home to $34$biodiversity hotspot around the globe. There are many species diversity in India with many of them endemic to their original ranges in India.
-India boasts of $45,000$plants and $91000$animals according to the UN. India holds $5$th place in Asia as flowering plants. Indi occupies $11$th rank in the world. There are around $14000$flowering plants in India that accounts for $6\% $of flowering plants of the world. The total area of India under biodiversity hotspots of around $3\% $. The contribution of India in the global diversity is around $8 \cdot 6$$\% $.
-There are many Biodiversity hotspots in India.
-The Biodiversity Hotspot is a biogeographical region in which biodiversity is there with the destruction stress also.. The word biodiversity hotspot means around$25$high biodiversity regions present that have the destruction of about $60\% $of their habitat. There are different hotspot in India:
-The Western Ghats: Hills are found along the western boundary of the Indian peninsula. Since they are located close to the coast they receive large amounts of rainfall. Deciduous as well as rainforest are present in this area.
-The Sunderland area: is situated in South East Asia and includes Thailand, Singapore etc.
-The Himalaya region: is made up of Bhutan, Northeast Asia and Southern, Central and Easthern Nepal. It is spread over a distance of $2 \cdot 5$million square kilometres.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note: Among the biodiversity countries of the world India holds $13$th place. It has $10$biography zones that includes Himalaya, desert, semi arid and Western ghats etc. India is listed in ten to fourteen nations of the world with highest plant and flowering and plant diversity