NEET 2014 · Class 11

Biological Classification

A location with luxuriant growth of lichens on the trees indicates that the

  1. (A)trees are very healthy
  2. (B)trees are heavily infested
  3. (C)location is highly polluted
  4. (D)location is not polluted

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Lichens are very good pollution indicators – they do not grow in polluted areas.

Chapter
Biological Classification
Section
2.6 VIRUSES, VIROIDS, PRIONS AND LICHENS
Page
11
Words matched
12 of 13

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=0.886, combined=0.9316). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'Lichens are very good pollution indicators – they do not grow in polluted areas,' which directly supports that their luxuriant growth indicates a location is not polluted.

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