Assertion (A): | Temperature is the most important ecologically relevant environmental factor. |
Reason (R): | Temperature affects the kinetics of the enzymes. |
1. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and the (R) correctly explains the (A). |
3. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain the (A). |
Assertion (A): | Very small animals are rarely found in polar regions. |
Reason (R): | Small animals have a larger surface area relative to their volume. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) correctly explains the (A). |
2. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) does not correctly explain the (A). |
1. | a rapidly expanding population |
2. | a stable population |
3. | a population where there were more old individuals than young individuals |
4. | a population with more males than females |
1. | 10 per cent of animals and some plants |
2. | 50 per cent of animals and nearly all plants |
3. | 99 per cent of animals and nearly all plants |
4. | 100 per cent of animals and nearly 1 per cent of plants |
1. | warning colouration by poisonous organisms. |
2. | protective resemblance with the environment. |
3. | lack of effect of exposure of sunlight on skin colour. |
4. | contrasting skin colours in males and females of a species. |
Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): | The problem of predation is particularly severe for plants than for animals. |
Reason (R): | Plants function as producers in an ecosystem. |
1. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A) |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are True and but (R) does not correctly explain (A) |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are False |
1. | increased sweating |
2. | evaporative cooling from tongue |
3. | behavioural means |
4. | producing a dilute urine |
Statement I: | Age structure can indicate whether a population is increasing, stable, or declining. |
Statement II: | In general terms, a population with a very broad base would be expected to be stable. |