Q26 / 120 · NEET 2012 (Mains) · Botany

Sacred grooves are specially useful in

A
generating environmental awareness
B
preventing soil erosion
C
year-round flow of water in rivers
Correct answer
D
conserving rare and threatened species

Solution

Biodiversity is being threatened by reduction in space, smaller and fragmented habitat, over exploitation by human, climatic change, etc. Sacred grooves are especially useful in conserving rare and threatened species.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'D'.

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