NEET 2026 (cancelled) · Question 112 · Class 12

Biodiversity and Conservation

The Evil Quartet of biodiversity loss includes which of the following?

  1. (A)Over-exploitation; Alien species invasions; Soil pollution; Co-extinctions
  2. (B)Habitat loss and fragmentation; Air pollution; Water pollution; Co-extinctions
  3. (C)Habitat loss and fragmentation; over-exploitation; Alien species invasions; Co-extinctions
  4. (D)Over-exploitation; Alien species invasions; Air pollution; Co-extinctions

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

4, emb=0.7594, combined=0.6156). Verified: high — The span explicitly lists the four causes of high extinction rates, which exactly match the components of the correct option C, and distinguishes it from the other options.

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