With reference to 'Red Sanders', sometimes seen in the news, consider the following statements:
1. It is a tre

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With reference to 'Red Sanders', sometimes seen in the news, consider the following statements:
1. It is a tree species found in a part of South India.
2. It is one of the most important trees in the tropical rain forest areas of South India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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With reference to 'Red Sanders':

1. It is a tree species found in a part of South India. This statement is correct. Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus) is an endemic tree species found only in a specific region of the Eastern Ghats in South India, primarily in Andhra Pradesh (especially the Seshachalam hills, Veligonda, Lankamalai, and Palakonda hills) and a small part of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

2. It is one of the most important trees in the tropical rain forest areas of South India. This statement is incorrect. Red Sanders naturally grows in dry deciduous forests with rocky, degraded soils, not in tropical rainforests which are characterized by high rainfall and humidity. Its habitat is distinct from tropical rainforests.

Therefore, only statement 1 is correct.

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1 only

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2 only

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Both 1 and 2

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Neither 1 nor 2

With reference to 'Red Sanders', sometimes seen in the news, consider the following statements: 1. It is a tree species found in a part of South India. 2. It is one of the most important trees in the tropical rain forest areas of South India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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