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Our country India is one of the 12 mega biodiversity countries of the world. With about 47,000 plant species, India occupies tenth place in the world and fourth in Asia in plant diversity. There are about 15,000 flowering plants in India, which account for 6 per cent in the world’s total number of flowering plants. The country has many nonflowering plants, such as ferns, algae and fungi. India also has approximately 90,000 species of animals, as well as, a rich variety of fish in its fresh and marine waters. Natural vegetation refers to a plant community, which has grown naturally without human aid and has been left undisturbed by humans for a long time. This is termed as virgin vegetation. Thus, cultivated crops and fruits, orchards form part of vegetation but not natural vegetation.
Question (i)
India occupies ........ place in the world and ......... place in Asia in plant diversity.
(a) fifth, third
(b) fourth, second
(c) tenth, fourth
(d) third, second
Answer:
From the paragraph
Our country India is one of the 12 mega biodiversity countries of the world. With about 47,000 plant species, India occupies tenth place in the world and fourth in Asia in plant diversity. There are about 15,000 flowering plants in India, which account for 6 per cent in the world’s total number of flowering plants. The country has many nonflowering plants, such as ferns, algae and fungi. India also has approximately 90,000 species of animals, as well as, a rich variety of fish in its fresh and marine waters.
Answer: (c) tenth, Fourth
Question (ii)
Ferns, Algae and Fungi are type of:
(a) Flowering Plants
(b) Microbes
(c) Bacteria
(d) Non-Flowering Plants
Answer:
From the paragraph
Our country India is one of the 12 mega biodiversity countries of the world. With about 47,000 plant species, India occupies tenth place in the world and fourth in Asia in plant diversity. There are about 15,000 flowering plants in India, which account for 6 per cent in the world’s total number of flowering plants. The country has many nonflowering plants, such as ferns, algae and fungi. India also has approximately 90,000 species of animals, as well as, a rich variety of fish in its fresh and marine waters.
Answer: (d) Non-Flowering Plants
Question (iii)
Cultivated crops and fruits, orchards form part of .......... but not natural vegetation.
(a) vegetation
(b) plantation
(c) grasslands
(d) flora
Answer:
From the paragraph
Natural vegetation refers to a plant community, which has grown naturally without human aid and has been left undisturbed by humans for a long time. This is termed as virgin vegetation. Thus, cultivated crops and fruits, orchards form part of vegetation but not natural vegetation.
Answer: (a) vegetation
Question (iv)
Plants that have come from outside India are termed as:
(a) Endemic plants
(b) Exotic plants
(c) Indigenous plants
(d) Imported plants
Answer:
Answer: (b) Exotic plants
