Scientists from the Central University of which of the following state have recently discovered a new species of plants in Antarctica?
A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Punjab
D. Kerala
Explanation:
Indian scientists have discovered a new plant species in Antarctica. The species is named Bryum bharatiensis – after the country’s name and India’s Antarctic station Bharati. This is the first time a plant species has been discovered in the four decades of the Indian Antarctic mission. Polar biologists of the Central University of Punjab were on Indian Antarctic Mission 2016-17 when Felix Bast, Associate Professor and Head of Department of Botany, stumbled upon a new native species of moss on rocks near Bharati station at Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica.
