UPSC Prelims 2015 Question:

Which one of the following regions of India has a combination of mangrove forest, evergreen forest and deciduous forest ?

Explanation:

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands are blessed with a unique' luxuriant evergreen tropical rainforest canopy, sheltering a mixed germ plasm bank, comprising Indian, Myanmarese, Malaysian and endemic floral strain. So far, about 2200, varieties of plants have been recorded out of which 200 are endemic and 1300 do not occur in mainland India.
  
  
• The atypical forest coverage of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is made-up of twelve types namely: Giant evergreen forest, Andamans tropical evergreen forest, Southern hilltop tropical evergreen forest, Cane brakes, Wet bamboo brakes, Andamans semi-evergreen forest, Andamans moist deciduous forest, Andamans secondary moist deciduous forest , Littoral Forest, Mangrove Forest, Brackish water mixed forest, Submontane hill valley swamp forest.
  
  

Therefore, option (4) is the correct answer.  

Subject: Geography | Natural Vegetation and Wildlife