UPSC Prelims 1996·GS1·geography·ecology and environment

Ecologists have so far known, found and certified a large number of species in the plant and animal kingdom. In terms of members, the largest found and identified so far are from among the

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  1. AFungi
  2. BPlants
  3. CInsectsCorrect
  4. DBacteria

Explanation

The correct answer is C because insects belong to the group of animals known as Arthropods, which make up the vast majority of all known living species on Earth. Biologists have identified more than one million different species of insects, representing over half of all identified organisms. This group is significantly larger in terms of identified species diversity compared to plants, fungi, or bacteria. In the animal kingdom alone, roughly seven out of every ten identified species are insects.
geography: Ecologists have so far known, found and certified a large number of species in the plant and animal kingdom. In terms of

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