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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many new species have been discovered from various parts of the country recently?
A
299
B
499
C
300
D
258
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A resplendent rainbow fish, a frog that looks like chocolate, a Thai tarantula, an anemone that rides on a back of a hermit crab, and the world’s largest waterlily are among the new species named by science in 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 2022, by searching through its collections, as well as sending scientists on research trips, the National History Museum (NHM) in the UK named 351 new species of animals, a quarter of which were wasps.

Detailed explanation-3: -Following are a few of the new species uncovered in the wilderness of Arunachal Pradesh in the year 2022. A new species of primate was discovered in Arunachal Pradesh called the Sela Macaque, named after the Indo-China border pass called “Sela Pass, ” where it was found.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biologists must now race to discover species even as chain saws are cutting down the forest around them. Speed is suddenly a scientific priority. All told, scientists have described almost two million plant and animal species, and the current rate is about 18, 000 new ones a year.

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