Correct answer: (d) Western Ghats
Explanation
- A
Sand deserts of northwest India
Sand deserts of northwest India. The Great Indian Hornbill needs tall wet forests, not Thar dunes. This letter is not the key.
- B
Higher Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir
Higher Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir. High cold mountains are not its habitat. This letter is not the key.
- C
Salt marshes of western Gujarat
Salt marshes of western Gujarat. Rann flats do not hold this canopy bird. This letter is not the key.
- D
Western Ghats
Western Ghats. Buceros bicornis lives in evergreen and moist deciduous forests of the Western Ghats (and also northeast India). Among the given regions, the Ghats are the natural-habitat match. That stored letter is the official key.
Summary. Official key is (d) Western Ghats. The Great Indian Hornbill is a large forest hornbill of the Western Ghats and northeast, not of desert, high Himalaya or Gujarat salt marsh. Honour the stored letter (d).
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