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- Botany
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- Biodiversity and its Conservation
NEET · Botany · Biodiversity and its Conservation
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct...
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option.
Assertion: There are probably more than 1,00,000 plant species and more than 3,00,000 animal species yet to be discovered and described.
Reason: Only 22 per cent of the total species have been recorded so far.
Assertion: There are probably more than 1,00,000 plant species and more than 3,00,000 animal species yet to be discovered and described.
Reason: Only 22 per cent of the total species have been recorded so far.
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
A. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
Step-by-step solution
If we accept May’s global estimates, only 22 per cent of the total species have been recorded so far. Applying this proportion to India’s diversity figures, we estimate that there are probably more than 1,00,000 plant species and more than 3,00,000 animal species yet to be discovered and described.