NEET Biology question

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Each question contains ASSERTION (Assertion) and REASON (Reason). Each question has the 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) out of which ONLY ONE is correct. **Assertion:** Critically endangered category includes the species which have sufficient population at present but is undergoing depletion due to some factors. **Reason:** Vulnerable species are facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future if the causative factors continue to operate, whereas critically endangered species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future.

Answer: (D)

Solution

By IUCN definitions, "Critically Endangered" refers to species facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future, not species with a "sufficient population at present" undergoing depletion (that description instead fits the

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