Calculate the birth rate of a population which has 20 individuals at time t, after one year 8 individuals were also counted along with those 20.

1. 0.3
2. 0.2
3. 0.4
4. 0.8

The size of population for any species is

1. Dynamic
2. Static
3. Both
4. Always Nt

Population Ecology links

1. Ecology to Evolution
2. Ecology to Genetics
3. Ecology to population Genetics and evolution
4. Ecology to diversity and evolution

Under normal circumstances which of the following affects population density most?

1. Nt
2. B
3. I
4. E

Under special circumstances which of the following affects population density most?

1. Not
2. B
3. D
4. I

The innate potential to grow in number’ does not follow which of the following statements?

1. Each species has this ability
2. When resources are unlimited only then it is realized
3. This is an ideal situation.
4. Resource availability is not that essential for the unimpeded growth

The equation of exponential growth curve of population has 'r’ that mean which of the following statements?

1. Extrinsic rate of natural increase
2. An important parameter for assessing impacts of only biotic factors on population growth
3. For Norway rat, it's value is 0.15
4. For flour beetle it is 0.12

What does K mean?

1. Nature's Carrying Capacity
2. Number of individuals of a species supported by nature as per the resources available
3. A maximum possible number of individuals of a species under practical circumstances.
4. All of these

In V-PL growth curve, the asymptote is reached when

1. It's lag phase
2. Just before the lag phase
3. At the time of curve reaching to K
4. The time before deacceleration.

Evolution of population

1. Maximizing Reproductive fitness
2. Low r value
3. Minimizing Darwinian fitness
4. Both B and C