Question

Which of the following is a diversity index?

(a) Upright index

(b) Inverted index

(c) Bell shaped index

(d) Simpson’s index

I got this question by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

Origin of the question is Population Ecology & Biotic Community in division Ecology of Life Sciences

Answer 1

Correct answer is (d) Simpson’s index

The best I can explain: Diversity index is the measure of diversity of species in the community. Simpson’s and Shannon index are basically used to measure the diversity of the community.