Multiple choice

Which of the following reasons best explains the statement 'the vegetation cover of India is no more natural in the real sense'?

  1. Because the exotic plants have been added to the vegetation

  2. Because the endemic species are threatened

  3. Because much of the land has been taken over by cultivated crops

  4. Because vegetation has been modified, replaced or degraded by human occupancy

  5. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. Natural vegetation is the vegetation that has been left undisturbed by the humans for a long time. Additions in or replacement of natural vegetation of exotic species, crop cultivation and degradation by human occupancy can be said to be reasons behind the statement that 'the vegetation cover of India is no more natural in the real sense'.

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