Q.Which of the following is considered a hotspot of biodiversity in India?

Step 1. The chapter lists India's four ENVIS-recognised hotspots as: Himalaya, Western Ghats, Indo-Burma, and Sundaland — confirming (a) Western Ghats is a genuine Indian hotspot.

Step 2. Within the North-East India biogeographic-zone description, the chapter separately states this region 'is thus the biogeographical Gateway ... and also biodiversity hotspot (Eastern Himalaya)' — confirming (c) Eastern Himalayas is also correctly named as a hotspot region in the text.

Step 3. The Indo-Gangetic plain (b) is not on the chapter's list of four hotspots at all — it is a fertile agricultural plain (the Gangetic Plains biogeographic zone), not an endemism-rich, heavily-degraded hotspot region. …

Check each named region against the chapter's explicit list of India's four hotspots and its s …

• Picking only (a) Western Ghats without noticing the chapter also separately names the Eastern Himalaya as a hotspot. …