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Select the correct set of statements with respect to biodiversity .
a. Diversity increases from lower to higher latitude .
b. The most important cause of "The Evil Quarter " is habitat loss.
c. The IUCN Red list documents the extinction of 87 plants species .
d. Indigenous plants of aquatic habitat are eliminated by exotic species Clarias.

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b & c

B

a & d

C

a & c

D

c & d

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