Previous Year Questions

The given sentence talks about Green turtles which are 'endangered' i.e. (of a species) 'seriously at risk of extinction' and the reasons behind it are given in the sentence. The words 'jeopardized'(means 'put into a situation in which there is a danger of loss or harm'), 'imperilled'(means 'put at risk of being harmed or destroyed') and 'threatened'(means 'endangered') fit in the given sentence both contextually and grammatically. Hence, the answer is option a).