Re-NEET 2026 · Question 144 · Class 12

Biodiversity and Conservation

144. Arrange the following in descending order of number of species in the Amazonian rain forest. - (a) Plants - (b) Birds - (c) Fishes - (d) Invertebrates - (e) Mammals Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. (A)(c) > (b) > (d) > (e) > (a)
  2. (B)(d) > (a) > (c) > (b) > (e)
  3. (C)(e) > (b) > (a) > (c) > (d)
  4. (D)(b) > (a) > (d) > (c) > (e)

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

The largely tropical Amazonian rain forest in South America has the greatest biodiversity on earth- it is home to more than 40,000 species of plants, 3,000 of fishes, 1,300 of birds, 427 of mammals, 427 of amphibians, 378 of reptiles and of more than 1,25,000 invertebrates.

Chapter
Biodiversity and Conservation
Section
13.1.2 Patterns of Biodiversity
Page
3
Words matched
46 of 46

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span provides the exact species counts for plants, fishes, birds, mammals, and invertebrates in the Amazonian rain forest, which directly allows ranking them in descending order as required by the question.

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