NEET 2012 · Class 12

Biodiversity and Conservation

Sacred groves are specially useful in (Mains 2012)

  1. (A)generating environmental awareness
  2. (B)preventing soil erosion
  3. (C)year-round flow of water in rivers
  4. (D)conserving rare and threatened species

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

In Meghalaya, the sacred groves are the last refuges for a large number of rare and threatened plants.

Chapter
Biodiversity and Conservation
Section
13.2.2 How do we conserve Biodiversity?
Page
9
Words matched
18 of 18

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states sacred groves are 'the last refuges for a large number of rare and threatened plants,' which directly and conclusively supports option D about conserving rare and threatened species.

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