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State PCS PYQPrelims 2019

UPPCS · प्रश्न 58

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

  1. Species diversity increases from equator towards poles.
  2. Tropics harbour more species than temperate areas.
  3. Greatest biodiversity occurs in the Amazonian rain forest.
  4. Species diversity decreases from temperate areas towards poles.
उत्तर दाखवा आणि स्पष्टीकरण

उत्तर: (A) Species diversity increases from equator towards poles.

स्पष्टीकरण

Species diversity decreases, not increases, from the equator towards the poles (latitudinal diversity gradient). The other statements are true; the Amazon rainforest has the greatest biodiversity.