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1. Which one of the following types organisms occupy more than one trophic level in a ecosystem
Phytoplankton
Frog
Zooplankton
Fish
2. Afforestation should be with .
Exotic species
Indigenous species
Bamboos
Eucalyptus
3. Renewable exhaustible natural resource of energy is
Biomass/Forest
Petroleum
Coal
Kerosene
4. Which can be tropic level of a lion in from ecosystem?
T3
T2
T4
T1
5. Wildlife is destroyed most when
There is lack of proper care
Mass scale hunting for foreign trade
Its natural habitat is destroyed
Natural calamity
6. Maximum human population can be supported if all the humans are
Carnivores
Pure vegetarian
Vegetarian along with use of milk
Vegetarian alongwith use of milk and eggs
7. Dominant plants of cold desert are
Tall trees and herbaceous plants
Low stature shrubs and herbaceous plants
Shrubs and small trees
Low stature shrubs and perennial grasses
8. If all the plants are to die, all the animals will also die due to deficiency of
Food
Carbon dioxide
Timber
Oxygen
9. Each successive trophic level has
Less total energy
More total energy
Increased total energy
Non- estimated energy contents
10. Sunderbans contain mainly
Alpine trees
Mangrove plants
Grass
Fir forest
11. It is not a protected forest
Reserve forest
Sanctuary
Core of biosphere
Orchard
12. In grassland ecosystem, the number of primary producers is about 6 million. The number of top carnivore supported by it would be
60
30
6
3
13. Energy transfer from organisms to organism in a natural community develops
Biological control
Food chain
Natural barriers
Food web
14. Biomass produced by plants in oceans accounts for
85%
75%
65%
55%
15. Phytoplankton are dominant in
Benthic zone
Littoral zone
Profundal zone
Limnetic zone
16. Antimalarial drug quinine is got from
Root of Cycas
Bark of Cinchona
Stem of Mango
None
17. Forest which is never leafless
Tropical deciduous forest
Tropical forest
Temperate deciduous forest
Temperate forest
18. An organisms contains carbon molecules which have passed through three levels of ecosystem, the organisms is
Priamry consumer
Predator
Tertiary consumer
Producer
19. Ecological efficiency is
Food primary assimilated/food energy ingested 100
Gross primary productivity/ incident total solar radiation 100
Volume of CO2 evolved/volume of O2 consumed
Energy in biomass production at a trophic level/energy in biomass productio
20. Land mass occupied by forest is about
11%
22%
30%
60%
21. In nitrification ammonia is first oxidized to nitrite by
Nitrosomonas and nitrosococcus
Nitrosomonas and nitrobacter
Pseudomonas and nitrosococus
Pseudomonas and thiobacillus
22. energy flow in ecosystem is...
bidirectional
multidirectional
unidirectional
all around
23. which one of the following is one of the characteristic of a biological community?
sex-ratio
stratification
natality
mortality
24. which of the following is an example of man made ecosystem?
tissue culture
aquarium
herbarium
forest
25. These belong to the category of primary consumers
snakes and frog
insects and cattle
eagle and snakes
water insects
26. which one of the following pairs in mismatched?
tundra-permafrost
coniferous forest- evergreen trees
savanna - acacia trees
prairie - epiphytes
27. which is the reason for highest biomaas in aquatic ecosystem?
benthonic and brown algae
sea grass, and slime molds
nanoplankton, blue green algae, green algae
diatoms
28. identify the correct type of food chain: dead animal=blow fly maggots= common frog= snake
decomposer food chain
detrital food chain
grazing food chain
predator food chain
29. which one of the following is correct matching of a plant, its habit and the forest type where it normally occurs?
prosopis,tree,scrub
saccharum,grass,forest
shorea robusta, herb, tropical rain forest
none of these
30. Littoral zone is located along the
High mountains
Sea
River
Desert
31. Which one of the following correctly represents an organism and its ecological niche?
Vallisneria and pond
Desert locust (Schistocerca) and desert.
Vultures and dense forest
Plant lice (aphids) and leaf
32. In a lake, phytoplankton grow in abundance in
Littoral zone
Limnetic zone
Profundal zone
Benthic region
33. Actively moving organism in aquatic ecosystem
Phytoplankton
Benthos
Nekton
Zoo plankton
34. Which of the following is primary consumer?
Producer
Carnivore
Top carnivore
Herbivore
35. Deserts, grasslands, forests and tundra are the examples of
Biomes
Biogeographical regions
Ecosystems
Biospheres
36. Which one of the following is commonly found in temperate coniferous forest?
Quercus
Dipterocarpus
Shorea robusta
Pinus wallichiana
37. Plant species having a wide range of genetical distribution evolve into a local population known as
Biome
Ecotype
Population
Ecosystem
38. Which of the following is expected to have the highest value (gm/m2/yr) in a grassland ecosystem?
Tertiary production
Gross production (GP)
Net production (NP)
Secondary production
39. Niche is defined as the
Position of species in a community in relation to other species
Place where organism lives
Place where organism lives and performs its duty
Place where population perform their duties
40. The rate of formation of new organic matter by rabbit in a grassland, is called
Net productivity
Secondary productivity
Net primary productivity
Gross primary productivity
41. The correct sequence of plants in a hydrosere is
Oak → Lantana → Volvox → Hydrilla → Pistia →
Oak → Lantana → Scirpus → Pistia → Hydrilla →
Volvox → Hydrilla → Pistia → Scirpus → Lantana &#85
Pistia → Volvox → Scirpus → Hydrilla → Oak →
42. Which one of the following is a wrong statement?
Greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon
Eutrophication is a natural phenomenon in freshwater bodies
Most of the forests have been lost in tropical areas
Ozone in upper part of atmosphere is harmful to animals
43. In an area where DDT had been used extensively, the population of birds declined significantly because
Cobras were feeding exclusively on birds
Many of the birds eggs laid, did not hatch
Birds stopped laying eggs
Earthworms in the area got eradicated
44. dB is a standard abbreviation used for the quantitative expression of
The density of bacteria in a medium
The dominant Bacillus in a culture
A certain pesticide
A particular pollutant
45. Identify the correctly matched pair
Basal Convention - Biodiversity Conservation
Montreal Protocol - Global warming
Kyoto protocol - Climatic change
Ramsar Convention - Ground water pollution
46. Common indicator organism of water pollution is:
Entamoeba histolytica
Escherichia coli
Eichhornia crassipes
Lemna paucicostata
47. Shell of egg in bird becomes thin (not properly formed) due to the pollution of pesticides. This is due to interference in the activity of :
Calmodulin
Mg ATPase
Ca ATPase
None of these
48. Lichens can be used as :
Source of wood
Initial vegetation for waste lands
Bio-indicator for water and air pollution
To check the air pollution
49. Industrial melanism is an example of
Protective resemblance with the surrounding
Drug resistance
Defensive adaptation of skin against UV radiations
Darkening of skin due to industries
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