Which of the following is considered a hot-spot of biodiversity in India?

Which of the following species is restricted to a specific area?

Initially $A$ biodiversity hot spots were identified but subsequently nine more have been added to the list,bringing the total number of biodiversity hot spots in the world to $B$. These hot spots are the regions of accelerated habitat loss. Three of these hot spots—Western Ghats and Sri Lanka,Indo-Burma,and Himalaya—cover our country's exceptionally high biodiversity regions. Although all the biodiversity hot spots put together cover less than $C$ $\%$ of the earth's land area,the number of species they collectively harbour is extremely high,and the strict protection of these hot spots could reduce the ongoing mass extinctions by almost $D$ $\%$. $A, B, C$ and $D$ in the paragraph refer to:

Which of the following is $NOT$ a criterion for identifying a biodiversity hotspot?

The total number of biodiversity hotspots in the world is

Read the following statements:
$(A)$ India has a greater ecosystem diversity than Norway.
$(B)$ According to the $IUCN$ $(2004)$,the total number of plant and animal species described so far is slightly more than $1.5$ million.