NEET 2022 · Class 12

Biodiversity and Conservation

Habitat loss and fragmentation, over exploitation, alien species invasion and co-extinction are causes for:

  1. (A)Population explosion
  2. (B)Competition
  3. (C)Biodiversity loss
  4. (D)Natality

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

The causes of high extinction rates at present include habitat (particularly forests) loss and fragmentation, over-exploitation, biological invasions and co-extinctions.

Chapter
Biodiversity and Conservation
Section
intro BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Page
10
Words matched
15 of 20

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How this line gives the answer

4286, emb=0.9061, combined=0.7151). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that the listed causes (habitat loss and fragmentation, over-exploitation, biological invasions, and co-extinctions) are 'causes of high extinction rates,' which directly corresponds to biodiversity loss, making option C conclusively correct.

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