One of the most important functions of botanical gardens is that

(A)they provide a beautiful area for recreation
(B)one can observe tropical plants there
(C)they allow ex situ conservation of germ-plasm
(D)they provide the natural habitat for wild life

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

*Ex situ* conservation methods include protective maintenance of threatened species in zoological parks and botanical gardens, *in vitro* fertilisation, tissue culture propagation and cryopreservation of gametes.

Chapter: Biodiversity and Conservation
Section: intro BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Page: 10
Words matched: 26 of 26

The answer appears as a continuous sentence in NCERT. This is that sentence.

How this line gives the answer

0, emb=0.9684, combined=0.9811). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that botanical gardens are a method of ex situ conservation, which directly matches option C and distinguishes it from the other options.

We did this for 1,565 questions.

Every one traced to the exact sentence in NCERT that answers it, including 90% of the 2026 paper. Sit a mock on the real NEET 2027 computer interface and every mark you drop comes back with its line attached.

Take the free 5-minute check More from this chapter

Question text is reproduced from the published NEET 2005 paper for study and commentary. NCERT text is quoted, not redistributed; textbooks remain at ncert.nic.in. Our mapping method, including its measured error rates, is published at /methodology.