Prelims 2021 • Paper 1 (GS) • Q.60

Prelims • Paper 1 (GS) • 2021 • Q.60

Environment

"Leaf litter decomposes faster than in any other biome and as a result the soil surface is often almost bare. Apart from trees, the vegetation is largely composed of plant forms that reach up into the canopy vicariously, by climbing the trees or growing as epiphytes, rooted on the upper branches of trees." This is the most likely description of

2021 Prelims • Paper 1 (GS)

Q.59 Q.61

Syllabus Connection

General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization. (Prelims)

NCERT Connection

Ch.15: Life on the Earth

Geography • Class 11 • Class 11 World Physical Geography

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