In the questions given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option.
Assertion (A): Evergreen forests are found in the Western Ghats, Lakshadweep Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, upper parts of Assam and on Tamil Nadu coast.
Reason (R): As the region is warm and wet throughout the year, it has a luxuriant vegetation of all kinds – trees, shrubs and creepers giving it a multilayered structure.
Options:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(d) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
Answer:
So, the correct answer is (a)
Explanation:
Tropical Evergreen forests are
restricted to heavy rainfall areas
of the Western Ghats and the island groups of Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar, upper parts of Assam and Tamil Nadu coast.
They do best where there is a
short dry season and more than 200 cm of rainfall each year.
The trees rise to g
reat heights of up to 60 meters or higher.
The area has
lush vegetation of all kinds,
including trees, shrubs, and creepers, giving it a multilayered structure
because it is warm and humid throughout the year.
Trees
don't necessarily lose their leaves
at the same time every year. Because of this, these
forests seem green all year long.
Commercially important trees
of this forest are
ebony, mahogany, rosewood, rubber, and cinchona.
The common animals f ound in these forests are elephant, monkeys, lemurs,s and deer. One-horned rhinoceroses are found in the jungles of Assam and West Bengal.
Let’s Check
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Assertion (A):
Evergreen forests are found in the Western Ghats, Lakshadweep Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, upper parts of Assam and on Tamil Nadu coast.
This is true.
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Reason (R):
As the region is warm and wet throughout the year, it has a luxuriant vegetation of all kinds – trees, shrubs and creepers giving it a multilayered structure.
This is true.
- Region is warm and wet throughout the year- Western Ghats, Lakshadweep Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, upper parts of Assam and on Tamil Nadu coast. It has a luxuriant vegetation of all kinds – trees, shrubs and creepers giving it a multilayered structure. So, the reasoning to the assertion is true.
So,
- Assertion is true
- Reasoning is true
- Reasoning is the correct explanation to the assertion
Thus, the correct answer is (a).
