EPFO 2015 English Medium Solved Paper

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Which of the following is not true of the Western Ghats?

UNESCO declared 39 places in the Western Ghats as ' World Heritage Sites' in 2012
It is one of the eight hottest hotspots of biological diversity in the world
It has two reserves and thirteen national parks
ONGC surveys have recently found huge oil reserves

Solution:

The Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri, are a mountain range that covers an area of 140,000

km^{2}

a stretch of 1,600 km Parallel to the Western Coast of the Indian peninsula, traversing the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat. UNESCO declared 39 places in the Western Ghats as World Heritage Sites in 2012. It is one of the 8 hottest hotspots of biological diversity in the world. It has 2 reserves and 13 national parks.

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